NSW: Bestiality charge droppped against Lismore woman

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2006
NSW: Bestiality charge droppped against Lismore woman

By Alex Easton

SYDNEY, Dec 18 AAP - A bestiality charge laid against a woman accused of engaging in
an indecent act with a horse has been dropped in a northern NSW court.

Tina Maree Watkins, 35, of Lismore, still faces a lesser charge of behaving in an offensive
manner, but Lismore Local Court was today told that it too may be withdrawn.

Police had alleged Watkins was behaving offensively with a horse in a paddock in a
residential area of Wilson Street, Lismore, on November 27.

Lismore Local Court was today told a psychiatric report would be carried out to assess
her eligibility to have the remaining charge dismissed under the Mental Health Act.

Magistrate Annette Sinclair granted the woman a continuation of her existing bail and
adjourned the matter to the same court on January 31.

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KEYWORD: HORSE

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