Garden centre owner Brenda Bennett attacked foxhunters after a pack of hounds ran riot on her land.

Mrs Bennett , 51, owner of Acorn Nursery in Stadhampton, watched as hounds from the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt caused chaos among her frames and plants.

She said: "I saw a fox going through the field followed by the pack of hounds. Then the hunt master who was on a horse called them on to our land. They were quite literally out of control. It was like something from a mad movie."

She said it was only a matter of luck that no children or pets stood in the hounds' way.

"It is private land, we are running a nursery and are open to the public seven days a week. Had there been children they could have been terrified."

Mrs Bennett said no-one had apologised.

No-one from the hunt was available for comment.

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