Shoreham woman threatened to slash the throats of five horses with a poisoned machete

Kirsty Geoghegan, 24, arriving at an earlier courtroom listening to in Worthing 

A horsewoman threatened to slash the throats of 5 horses with a poisoned machete in a sick blackmail plot, a courtroom was advised.

Kirsty Geoghegan, 24, made the chilling threats after she had a row with secure homeowners the place she rode her horse.

Simply days earlier than all 5 horses had been attacked within the secure paddocks and had their tails and manes lower off.

The horses have been focused at nighttime within the paddocks of the stables within the seaside city of Shoreham, West Sussex.  

Underneath the quilt of darkness the attacker approached 4 horses and lower off their tails earlier than making their means into the secure constructing and chopping the mane off not less than one different horse.

The manes and tails have been strewn throughout the paddock and trampled into the bottom by the agitated animals.

The weird assault occurred in January this yr at Buddy's Yard, a family-run stables.

It shocked residents and animal lovers within the quiet city and a £500 reward was supplied for data resulting in the arrest of the perpetrator.

However regardless of a forensic examination of the scene police have been unable to determine the horse assailant.

Chichester Crown Courtroom heard that simply days later the homeowners of the stables acquired a sequence of surprising threats on social media.

Geoghegan (pictured) pleaded responsible to blackmail at a listening to in Chichester this week and was warned she might face a jail sentence 

The blackmailer threatened to kill and maim horses and lower their throats with a 'poisoned machete.'

Edward Hand, prosecuting, stated a sequence of messages have been despatched utilizing an nameless Fb profile.

The blackmailer demanded bag containing £5,000 in money was left by a caravan on the secure grounds.

He stated: 'They have been warned in no unsure phrases that the threats have been extraordinarily severe.

'They have been advised the horses could be killed if the cash was not paid.

'They have been advised their throats could be lower with a poisoned machete, that there could be penalties if the cash was not paid.

'There have been threats to kill or maim the horses. The threats have been alarming to the homeowners of the animals.'

Homeowners of the stables acquired a sequence of surprising threats on social media

The horrific threats have been all a part of a plan to blackmail the proprietor of the stables, Philip Lee, after the pair fell out.

Geoghegan was later arrested and charged with trying to extort £5,000 in a blackmail plot.

At an earlier listening to magistrates have been advised she has been trolled on social media and branded 'merciless'.

She was additionally insulted and threatened with violence and left in worry on her personal private security. 

4 of the animals had been focused in a discipline whereas one other had been attacked within the stables.

The incident left each the household and homeowners of the horses shaken and scared of additional assaults.

After the assaults, Philip Lee, who owns the stables stated: 'It is like if any person lower the hair off your younger youngster. 

'It was positively a malicious assault, whoever did it went into the stables to get the primary two after which went up into the opposite fields at nighttime to ensure they obtained the others as nicely.'

Geoghegan pleaded responsible to blackmail at a listening to in Chichester this week and was warned she might face a jail sentence.

She will likely be sentenced in January. 

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