Police who rammed cow did right thing, says union leader and farmer

NFU's Hugh Broom says incident in Surrey looks horrendous' but the cow could have hurt someone

Officers who hit an escaped cow with a car probably did the right thing at the time" even if it looks horrendous", a union leader and farmer has said.

A video showing a police car hitting the calf on Friday night on a residential street in Staines-upon-Thames was met with widespread outrage, including from the RSCPA which criticised the move as disproportionate".