A huntswoman who repeatedly whipped a man with her riding crop after he grabbed the reins of her horse will not be charged by police.
Jane Miller, 56, was filmed having a furious clash with anti-hunt activists while out riding in Herstmonceux, East Sussex in November.
Footage captured her striking a man around the head and face 17 times with her whip, while screaming ‘get off my horse’.
However, Ms Miller has avoided punishment after Sussex Police said they would not be proceeding with the investigation.
Jane Miller, 56, was filmed having a furious clash with anti-hunt activists while out riding in Herstmonceux, East Sussex in November (left, Ms Miller with husband Richard Goring and right, during the confrontation)
The hunstwoman is the wife of Richard Goring, whose family founded the five-star Goring Hotel in Belgravia, London.
She later told her husband she had been ‘terrified’ by the incident.
But since the clash, more footage has emerged of Ms Miller involved in a previous confrontation at an earlier hunt.
Mr Goring was shown trying to restrain his wife as she screamed at activists: ‘F****** terrorists… You peasanty stupid f****** idiots!’
Last night South Coast Hunt Saboteurs said they had lodged a formal complaint with Sussex Police for their failure to proceed with the case.
Jane Miller (pictured) was heard shouting as she struck the saboteur during the hunt in East Sussex last year
Ms Miller goes to strike the saboteur who had pulled on the reins of her horse
A spokesman said: ‘The prolonged assault was captured on four video recordings from different angles and five witnesses came forward to make statements. The reason Sussex Police dropped the case? ”Insufficient evidence”.
‘Every week we experience threats, intimidation and often actual violence from the hunts and every week we read reports on social media of increasingly frequent and serious attacks on hunts sabs and monitors.
‘The hunt sab who was beaten has been assaulted many times and never received justice – this has to stop – the violent hunt supporters need to know that there will be legal consequences if they attack us before another hunt sab is killed.’
Ms Miller’s husband is Richard Goring (left, the couple together), whose family founded the five-star Goring Hotel (right) in Belgravia, London
Mr Goring said his wife felt ‘terrorised’ by the hunt saboteur who grabbed her horse
Mr Goring and his twin George are great-grandsons of the founder of The Goring Hotel in Belgravia.
The Queen has lunched at the five-star hotel and the Duchess of Cambridge stayed there the night before her wedding.
Speaking after the second incident Mr Goring said his wife felt ‘terrorised’ by the hunt saboteur who grabbed her horse.
He said: ‘She was in a very threatening situation. She was scared stiff. She was terrorised, I’d say.
‘She was absolutely terrorised, I’m not kidding. She was in an impossible position. She regrets even having a whip with her and wishes she wasn’t even out that day.’
Mr Goring said: ‘The police say there is no case to answer. They all wear balaclavas. It’s very frightening you know.’