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A HORSE was killed by a car on a busy road after being set free by burglars who also broke into a parish council shed.
UPDATE: Burglaries that caused horse death one of many incidents in Marston
Marston Parish Council took to Twitter to explain what had happened on Friday night.
It wrote to its roughly 850 followers: "There was a break in at our shed and a neighbours shed on Friday.
Read about the break in at another Parish Council
"The same people also allowed three horses to escape from a nearby field.
"Sadly one was hurt and killed by a vehicle on the bypass."
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