[Doug]

I would really like to use the word “Liberated” as against stolen Willow, although that’s what it was. There was about six of us at the time, regrettably I was the one to pick it up and walk it out the yard, I would like to make it clear the from the age of nine I have suffered from the guilt of this action and when I reflect on the incident I still do. The animal was released further down Priestly Clough. One expects that it was recovered by the farmer although I have no proof of that.

You are quite right in that if there's no effective punishment things will get worse and it is likely to take a major outrage before the system wakes up and acts in the interest of society.