A farmer in Wiltshire has been given a 12 month suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £30,000 in costs after pleading guilty to health and safety failings.
Mike Porter, aged 66 and from Edinburgh, was killed when a herd of cattle belonging to farmer Brian Godwin, trampled Mr Porter and his brother.
The brothers were walking leashed dogs down a public footpath in Turleigh, Wiltshire in May 2013, when the herd reportedly knocked the two down "repeatedly". Mr Porter's brother told the court the cattle seemed to deliberately trample them.
Mike Porter was airlifted to hospital and sadly died due to internal bleeding.
The court heard how Brian Godwin was involved in four separate incidences in which six people suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment, dating back to 2004.
Health and safety officials instructed Mr Godwin to put in segregating fencing or signs saying "cows with calves" to let people know the protective animals were dangerous. However the judge said he had "quite blatantly failed to ensure the safety of people who came on your land".
Brian Godwin, 83, admitted not keeping people not employed by him safe. He was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, due to his age. He was also ordered to pay £30,000 costs.
