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Farmer manslaughter trial, Leatherjacket plague

A Nottinghamshire farmer is found not guilty of manslaughter, in a legal case which followed the death of a walker on his land. Charlotte Smith hears about trial.

A farmer who was charged with manslaughter has been found not guilty, after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court. Paul Waterfall was charged after the death of rambler Roger Freeman, who died when he was attacked by cattle in a field on Mr Waterfall's farm in 2010. Charlotte Smith hears about the trial, and asks the Ramblers and the National Farmers Union for their reaction to the verdict. Is it time for a change in the law about keeping livestock in fields with footpaths?

And Scotland could be in for a plague of craneflies - or "daddy-longlegs" - this summer. Numbers of their larvae, known as leatherjackets, are at their highest level for nearly forty years.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.

13 minutes

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  • Thu 8 May 2014 05:45

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