Date: 18/05/2011

A man has been captured on CCTV trying to board a train accompanied by a pony. Shocked staff watched as the man tried to get on the train at Wrexham General station with the white pony in tow. [From Colin McDonald and Richard Buckby]

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Man tries to take pony on a train

BBC News

A man is captured on CCTV trying to board a train with a pony - and then when turned away tried to buy tickets for himself and the animal.

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