Inquest hears sheep farmer drowned after deliberately crashing Land Rover

An inquest has heard a farmer drowned in a stream after deliberately driving his Land Rover through a roadside fence.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock • 2 min read
Inquest hears sheep farmer drowned after deliberately crashing Land Rover

An inquest has heard a farmer drowned in a stream after deliberately driving his Land Rover through a roadside fence on Buttertubs Pass, North Yorkshire. The court heard Norman Alan Busby, 51, survived...

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