Ferry in court on assault charge (From Witney Gazette)

Ferry in court on assault charge

8:36am Friday 25th July 2008 in Witney

Countryside campaigner Otis Ferry will appear in court today charged with attacking a hunt monitor and robbing another.

Ferry, 25, of Eaton Mascot, Shropshire, the son of Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, is expected to enter a plea to the allegations at Gloucester Crown Court today.

Ferry, who previously gave his full name as Charles Frederick Otis Ferry, allegedly robbed Susan Grima of a Samsung video camera, of a value unknown, on November 21 last year at Lower Swell, near Cheltenham.

It is also alleged he assaulted Helen Ghalmi by beating on the same date.

The incident is alleged to have taken place while Ferry was with the Heythrop Hunt, which covers Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.