Man accused of having sex with Shetland pony

A man accused of having sex with a Shetland pony has denied he was carrying three cans of deodorant in his bag “to help with any horse smells” after the encounter.

Giving evidence at Sheffield Crown Court, Alan Barnfield, 44, was asked why he was carrying the deodorants when he went for a walk past a field of horses near Doncaster, Yorkshire, in the middle of the night, in 2012.

Louise Reevell, prosecuting, had been asking Barnfield about why police who spoke to him on the night found him “sweating profusely” and “smelling of horses”.