Former horse trainer found guilty of assaulting farmer with riding whip

Complainant told court that on October 13, 2020, on his way back from herding cattle, Stephen Mahon passed him on a horse and said 'what the f**k are you laughing at' and then got down off his horse and hit him on his face with a riding whip

Stephen Mahon was convicted of assault causing harm to farmer John Hughes on a Co Galway boreen in October 2020. File picture: Healy Racing

A judge has convicted controversial horse racing figure Stephen Mahon of assaulting a farmer with a horse whip.

At Gort District Court on Thursday, Judge Mary Larkin convicted the former horse trainer of the assault causing harm to farmer John Hughes on a Co Galway boreen in October 2020.