Thousands were left fuming with the Crown Prosecution Court’s decision not to prosecute a huntsman after he charged down a saboteur leaving her with life-threatening injuries.

Nid, a hunt saboteur who declined to share her full name for fear of reprisals, was left with seven broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a shoulder injury when Mark Doggrell’s horse mowed her down.

Despite footage that showed Blackmoor and Sparkford Vale Hunt member not even slowing down when riding past anti-hunt protesters, the case was dropped.