Woman accused of hurting horses loses lawyer
New Brunswick SPCA charged Charlotte H. Bright, 76, of Currieburg, with counts of harming, neglecting animals after 14 carcasses found on her property in spring 2023
A Currieburg woman will represent herself at trial in superior court this summer on allegations that arose after 14 dead horses were found on her property last year.
Charlotte H. Bright, 76, of Currieburg Road, located a few kilometres west of Stanley, was before Court of King’s Bench Justice Thomas Christie at the Burton Courthouse on Monday for motions day.
She elected early last month to be tried in the Court of King’s Bench before a judge alone, without a jury, on three charges: 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 them unnecessary pain or suffering.