Shetland pony sex case man jailed

A factory worker has been jailed for four years after he was cleared of having sex with a Shetland pony but convicted of outraging public decency.

Alan Barnfield, 44, was accused of having sexual intercourse with a pony called Sky in a field near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 2012.

Judge Peter Kelson QC told Barnfield he believed the jury had come to the verdicts it had because it believed a sexual incident with the animal took place in the field but could not be sure that actual sexual intercourse had occurred.