Bull attack woman fighting for life

A British woman critically injured by a bull which killed her husband was fighting for her life in hospital today.

Roger Freeman, 63, and his wife, Lucy Glenis Freeman were attacked by the animal as they walked along a public footpath through a livestock field in Stanton-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, on Friday.

Mr Freeman was pronounced dead at the scene, in Leake Road.

His 67-year-old wife managed to get to the nearby road, where she flagged down a passing woman motorist who contacted emergency services.

She was taken to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, where she remains in a critical but stable condition, a Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said.

The couple, from Glen Parva, Leicestershire, were keen walkers who were “always careful around livestock” a family statement released by police said.

The owner of the bull released a statement through police in which he spoke of his shock and distress over the incident.

It is not clear why the bull attacked the couple. After being contained in a shed just after the attack, the animal was put down.

A joint investigation by Nottinghamshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive is under way into the circumstances surrounding the attack.