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Grand National horse trainer jailed for beating man with hockey stick
The trainer was convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent after repeatedly striking a dog walker with a hockey stick.
- On Tuesday, Recorder Angharad Price sentenced champion horse trainer Evan Williams to three years in prison at Cardiff Crown Court for attacking dog walker Martin Dandridge with a hockey stick on December 4, 2024.
- Williams, believing Dandridge was 'lamping' on his property, repeatedly struck him; the trainer's actions followed a pre-sentence report finding 'distorted threat perception' after poachers had threatened him six weeks earlier.
- Dandridge suffered a fractured arm and other injuries during the 60-second assault. In a victim statement, he described himself as a previously 'healthy individual' who now feels, "I don't feel like the same person I was before."
- Defense counsel David Elias KC argued the training business, which employs about 30 people, is "likely to fail" without Williams, as his wife Cath's racing license expires next month.
- Recorder Price emphasized that "it is never acceptable to take the law into your own hands," advising Williams that calling police is the appropriate response—a lesson applicable despite his 2020 Welsh Grand National success with Secret Reprieve.
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