Man who sourced ponies on DoneDeal ‘flabbergasted’ when they arrived

An Irish businessman who told a court he had been chairman of a major global company worth $1 billion dollars said he was subjected to “betrayal and lies” after agreeing to buy two ponies off a well-known Sligo horseman.

Michael Kearins, with an address at Knockbeg, Collooney, Co Sligo, but who is currently living in the US, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of deception between August 24th, 2012 and October 19th, 2012. On the second day of the trial he told a jury of eight men and four women that Buddy was a much fitter, more athletic, animal who was like an athlete in training, while Spot was like an older person who was frail. When the two ponies arrived in Majorca where he was living with his family in 2012, he said Teddy was lame and Spot was ill.

However, the court heard that when Mr Ewing was away on business his wife got an email from a haulage company saying it was leaving Sligo with just one pony and that her husband was liable for the transportation costs, which she said was not in line with the agreement. Subsequently two ponies were sent to Majorca – Teddy and a skewbald, identified in a passport as Spot.

Mrs Ewing said this suggestion was “ridiculous, ludicrous and insane”. The conversation never took place. She said she had travelled all over Ireland with her husband looking for a pony with the right temperament because safety was her priority when buying a pony for her children.

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