Ferry in court over Heythrop Hunt incident

8:26am Friday 25th July 2008

Countryside campaigner Otis Ferry will appear in court today charged with attacking a hunt monitor and robbing another.

Ferry, 25, of Eaton Mascot, in Shropshire, the son of Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, is expected to enter a plea to the allegations at Gloucester Crown Court today.

Ferry, who previously gave his full name as Charles Frederick Otis Ferry, allegedly robbed Susan Grima of a Samsung video camera, of a value unknown, on November 21 last year at Lower Swell, near Cheltenham.

It is also alleged he assaulted Helen Ghalmi by beating on the same date.

The incident is alleged to have taken place while Ferry was with the Heythrop Hunt, which covers Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.

Tory Leader David Cameron is known to have ridden with the hunt in the past.