Farmer trampled in pen containing 17 bulls

A farmer was trampled to death when he climbed into a pen housing 17 uncastrated bulls, an inquest jury heard.

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Farmer trampled in pen containing 17 bulls

A farmer was trampled to death when he climbed into a pen housing 17 uncastrated bulls, an inquest jury heard. Oliver Bowden, 56, of Hambleden Valley, Buckinghamshire, suffered fatal multiple injuries,...

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