Death by sheep Ram's leg shove kills farmer

A FARMER died after failing to get a leg injury treated when a sheep attacked him, an inquest heard.

John Vickers, 69, was working on his land when the ram bashed into him — but he shrugged off the wound.

Mr Vickers did not believe in seeing doctors and simply took a few days off work when his leg swelled up, his wife and daughter told the inquest.

But he had suffered deep vein thrombosis — and four months later he was dead after a blood clot went into his lung and triggered heart failure.

The farmer was injured as he tended his flock near Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, on April 6. His health did not begin to suffer until July when his breathing got worse and he could not talk for long without coughing.   Read More