Farmer killed by cows may have been '˜inured to dangers'

By The Newsroom
Published 15th May 2018, 10:58 BST
Updated 15th May 2018, 15:25 BST
Thomas McFarlane was killed in an accident when taking cows to market.Thomas McFarlane was killed in an accident when taking cows to market.
Thomas McFarlane was killed in an accident when taking cows to market.
A SHERIFF has not made any recommendations following the death of a farmer who was killed after being trampled by a herd of cows he was taking to market.

Thomas McFarlane was loading eight animals on to a truck at Cuthill Farm in West Lothian in June 2016 when one of the cows tried to jump over the gate of a temporary pen Mr McFarlane had put together.

In a report published yesterday by Sheriff Douglas Kinloch, it was revealed that the cow brought the gate down on Mr McFarlane’s chest and then trampled over him, followed by the seven other beasts.

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