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Trainer Evan Williams jailed for three years after assaulting dog walker with hockey stick

By PA Media

‘It is never acceptable to take law into own hands’ Barrister tells court future of stables now in doubt The Welsh Grand National-winning trainer Evan Williams has been jailed for three years for attacking a dog walker who was on his land. Williams, 55, repeatedly struck Martin Dandridge, 72, with a hockey stick during the assault. Dandridge, from Swindon, suffered injuries including a fractured arm in the incident on Williams’ land at Llancarfan in south Wales in December 2024. Continue r...