Man gives evidence in horse 'extortion' trial

The owner of a stolen €80,000 value in-foal mare which was found in a Co Meath field has told a court he handed €6,000 to a man who claimed he could help him recover it from "the scumbags that took it".

Mr David Kelly described at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court how two days after he had posted notices about the missing animal he was contacted by the accused who said he could help him get it back.