Cows in field where woman died ‘are easy-going’, inquest hears

Despite attempts to save her life, Ms Morris went into cardiac arrest and died at 23:21.

On Tuesday, the inquest heard that warning signs had been put up by farmer Don Hutton, who owned the Warwick Bridge Farm at the time, to make dog walkers aware of the livestock in the field.

The court was told the public footpath was marked by “yellow posts”, or waymarkers, which followed the boundary of the field, off Riverside Way.

Guy Hutton, the farm owner’s son, said Ms Morris was found lying injured far away from the designated footpath, and he assisted with efforts to save her.

He said he did not own the cattle, but that there were either 17 or 18 cows and one calf in the field at the time.

He told the inquest that his 79-year-old father, who has since sold the farm, “has been very upset about the incident ever since”.