Death of man trampled by cows near Wakefield was accidental, jury finds

Michael Holmes, 57, was fatally crushed by cows after entering a field near his home in Netherton, near Wakefield

Michael Holmes, 57, was fatally crushed and his wife Teresa is in a wheelchair following the incident near their home in Netherton, West Yorkshire.A jury at an inquest in Wakefield into Mr Holmes' death reached a verdict of accidental death on Wednesday. Senior Coroner Kevin McLoughlin said the number of people killed in incidents like this was "truly alarming".

Lizrun_mrc

I'm gonna eat a steak tonight as revenge 😋

Yeah, you can't really train cows to kill huh

I Can't Believe It's Not Murder.

He look a lot like

Well. As a weapon for assassins it would leave a lot to be desired

Should of moooved out the way

Duh, of course it was accidental, cows do not commit murder. Stupid title

Well I doubt the cows meant to

DrKatyBarnett might be interested.

Accident? Yeah right. Those cows knew what they were dying.

You sure?

Very sad situation. Love to her and RIP to him.

....that went to court?

I've had cows charge at me once in a field.... Nothing I could do, but they were eyeing me up first so started for the stile hoping if I didn't start running they'd lose interest. They didn't and I had to run from them.

The replies here are so awful.

What was he doing amidst cows? Cows don't just start freaking out for no reason.

So if it wasn't accidental does that mean the cows would of been taken for questioning.

What's the most murderous animal in Wakey?

No way, that attack was definitely premeditated. Udderly ridiculous!

No the cows murdered him

Cows leaving court:

Utterly tragic! He didn't even have beef with them!

Oh wow. What a rubbish and daft way to go. Life can be so cruel.

Ok don’t milk it

RIP Seth Rogen...

Where they going to charge the cows?

He should have Moooooved

And there I was thinking the bastards had actively targeted the man......

Did they get Dr Dolittle in to question the cows?

This never used to happen. Now it happens a lot. 4 times to just my family. We need to know which sort of cows charge and fields need to be signed with warnings by farmers.

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