Dead-horse suspect opts for superior-court trial

Charlotte H. Bright, 76, of Currieburg, accused of neglecting and harming 14 horses

A Currieburg woman accused of severe animal neglect after 14 horses were found dead on an area property last spring has chosen to be tried at a higher level of court, without a jury.

Charlotte H. Bright, 76, of Currieburg Road, just a few kilometres west of Stanley, stands charged with three criminal counts alleging animal neglect and cruelty.

The New Brunswick SPCA laid the charges, accusing Bright of killing, maiming, wounding or otherwise injuring horses she owned or cared for; neglecting those horses by failing to provide them with adequate food, water, shelter and care; and causing the animals unnecessary pain or suffering, all in Currieburg between Feb. 1 and April 8.