Anti-hunt activist who was called a 'f*****g slag' and a 'whore' at a protest battles for FOUR MONTHS to see a copy of her abuser's apology letter 

• Hunt spectator subjected Cathy Scott to barrage of foul-mouthed sexist abuse
• He called her 'a f****** fat s***' and told her to 'f*** off back to Coventry'
• After a video of the incident went viral the unnamed man received a police caution over the incident on the condition he provided a written apology
• Ms Scott said she had to battle police for four months to get a copy of the letter 

An anti-hunt activist who was subjected to a tirade of sexist insults and told to 'f*** off back to Coventry' during a protest had to battle with police for four months to see a copy of her abuser's letter of apology.

Cathy Scott was labelled a 'f****** slag' and a 'whore' by a 59-year-old man in Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, last November.

After a video of the incident went viral on social media sites, the unnamed man received a police caution over the incident on the condition he provided a written apology. 

The video emerged just days after a local councillor on horseback told a hunt protester that he would 'quite like to s***' her. 

But after Ms Scott asked Leicestershire Police why she hadn't received the letter, she claims she was told she would have to view it at a police station but wouldn't be able to touch or keep it due to its 'sensitive nature'.

When Ms Scott, 41, complained about the 'bizarre' decision, she says she was then offered a version of the letter with the perpetrator's name redacted.

It was only after Ms Scott lodged a formal complaint that she eventually got given a copy of the letter - some four months after the incident, and two months after it was written.

Ms Scott, from Coventry, Warwickshire, said: 'Leicestershire Police were essentially protecting the perpetrator and treating me, the victim, like a criminal.

'If I have to jump through hoops like that to get a simple letter of apology, what chance do other victims of more serious crimes have?

'They told me I could come and read the letter at arm's length - what sort of rule is that?

'It was agreed that as part of his conditional caution he would write me a letter of apology and take a victim awareness course. Did they think I would never ask about the letter?

'This man called me some of the most horrible, misogynistic names under the sun. He waved his fist at me and another woman and we really did feel threatened.

'I had to chase the letter up time and time again and they gave me this most peculiar excuse that because it had details of a 'sensitive nature' they couldn't let me keep it.

'Obviously I questioned this but they were adamant that I couldn't have it and would have to meet a police officer to look at it. It was absolutely ludicrous and if I hadn't have fought it, I'd probably still be waiting for the apology.'

Ms Scott and another member of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteur group were involved in a confrontation with two men after a collision between their cars during a hunt on November 29 last year.

One man got out of his vehicle and said to Ms Scott: 'You want some of this, f*****? Eh?' before adding: 'F*** off back to Coventry where you belong you f****** w****.'

Ms Scott said: 'We were there to monitor activity on the hunt. We stopped our vehicle on the lane because we could see them coming down the track.

'They drove their vehicle into us and that's when I was met with this tirade of abuse. It was really nasty stuff.

'He was effing and blinding and calling me all the names under the sun, all on camera. It was completely unacceptable language.

'I told him it was some of the worst abuse I had ever heard. It was unprovoked and unnecessary.

'I was feeling massively intimidated and that's why I reported it to the police. To be fair, they dealt with the initial incident swiftly.

'But I didn't expect to be waiting on an apology all this time later. He wrote the letter in January for goodness sake and I only got it in March.'

The letter read: 'I am writing this letter of apology to you as instructed, I apologise to you for the coarse language and derogatory comments used against you on Tuesday the 29th of November 2016. On the gated road [in] Sutton Cheney.

'The comments were made in the heat of the moment, and for that I apologise.'

A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: 'An initial decision was made by an officer not to provide a copy of the apology letter due to some of the content within.

'A complaint was made from the victim regarding this which coincided with a review from a more senior officer on the original decision.

'After a review, this officer agreed to provide a copy of the apology letter to the victim.

'A complaint from the victim is still under investigation by our Professional Standards department therefore it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further at this stage.' 

Tory councillor Charles Carter, 33, quit his position at Breckland Council after a video of him being sexist and misogynistic to a hunt protester went viral.

Carter told Linda Hoggard, who filmed his derogatory comments,  that she was 'very pretty' and asked if he could take her to bed.