Ferry to face court (From Witney Gazette)

Ferry to face court

9:11am Monday 15th September 2008 in Witney

Rock star’s son Otis Ferry will stand trial today for allegedly attacking a monitor and robbing another while they were trying to film him hunting.

Countryside campaigner Ferry, 25, of Eaton Mascot, Shropshire, the son of Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, previously denied robbing Susan Grima of a Samsung video camera on November 21 last year at Lower Swell, near Cheltenham.

Ferry, who previously gave his name as Charles Frederick Otis Ferry, also pleaded not guilty to assaulting 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.

Ferry will appear at Gloucester Crown Court, sitting at Cirencester Magistrates Court, Gloucestershire, today. The trial is expected to last four days.