Ferry denies hunt assault (From Witney Gazette)

Ferry denies hunt assault

7:16pm Friday 25th July 2008 in Witney

The son of rock star Bryan Ferry has denied attacking a hunt monitor and robbing another at a Heythrop Hunt meet.

Countryside campaigner Otis Ferry, 25, of Eaton Mascot, Shropshire, appeared at Gloucester Crown Court to answer charges of robbery and common assault.

Ferry's counsel Paul Lucas previously told the court his client would say it was a case of mistaken identity.

Ferry will stand trial at Gloucester Crown Court, sitting at Cirencester, on September 15.

Ferry denied robbing Susan Grima of a Samsung video camera on November 21 last year at Lower Swell, near Cheltenham, and assaulting Helen Ghalmi on the same date.

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

The trial is likely to last four days.