A 72-year-old guy died after being charged by means of cows, flipped into the air, trampled and kicked within the head, an inquest has heard.
The jury used to be informed Malcolm Flynn, a retired trainer from Carlisle, used to be fatally attacked in a box all the way through a stroll together with his good friend alongside Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland on 11 September 2020.
His fellow rambler Christopher Barkless informed a listening to in Morpeth, Northumberland, that they had been charged by means of livestock who had been protective their calves.
Mr Barkless informed the inquest he climbed a tree to flee and referred to as the emergency products and services however his good friend may now not be stored and died from chest accidents.
It came about whilst strolling alongside the Pennine Approach – a part of which follows Hadrian’s Wall – in a box at Thirlwall Fortress Farm close to Gilsland, with regards to the border with Cumbria.
Symbol: A white field displays the place Mr Flynn used to be killed close to Gilsland. Pic: Northumbria Police/Google
Assistant Coroner Kirsten Mercer informed the inquest there used to be an indication caution walkers concerning the cows and calves within the box and the way they might be “unpredictable”.
Mr Flynn, a father-of-two, used to be a member of the Ramblers’ Affiliation, steadily walked with Mr Barkless, they usually had been finishing the Hadrian’s Wall path in sections, the listening to used to be informed.
Jurors additionally heard Mr Flynn had evolved glaucoma which affected his eyesight and used to be stricken by means of arthritic ache in his foot.
Mr Barkless mentioned they’d spark off from Gilsland that morning and after coming into a box, he spotted 4 cows and their calves blocking off the trail, so he modified path.
He informed the inquest: “I used to be now not pleased with that scenario, they weren’t behaving in a fashion that I might be expecting.
“If you happen to glance in a cow’s eyes it’s going to in most cases glance away, it may not stare you out. If it seems away, it’s going to in most cases disperse. Those cows had been other.
“They did not exhibit any purpose of being fazed by means of the presence of 2 human beings, actually they got here ahead to confront us.”
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Mr Barkless mentioned the livestock moved temporarily in opposition to them and, whilst he controlled to run away, a cow charged into Mr Flynn knocking him to the bottom, then flipping him up within the air.
As he lay injured at the floor Mr Flynn used to be trampled and kicked within the face, Mr Barkless informed jurors.
Mr Barkless mentioned he controlled to climb a tree and rang 999. The arriving of an air ambulance, some half-hour after the primary assault, led to the cows to disperse in fright permitting him and different walkers to take a look at to assist.
The inquest heard the medics may now not save him and he died on the scene.
In a observation learn to the listening to, Mr Flynn’s elder daughter Julia Proud mentioned her father liked strolling and the nation-state.
“The tragedy that came about is a sour tablet to swallow as it’s one thing he had achieved such a lot of instances earlier than and loved,” she wrote.
The coroner used to be informed the five-day inquest would imagine a prior incident involving cows on the farm nearly precisely a 12 months earlier than, the place two walkers had been injured.
The inquest continues.
