Police investigating fight between a horse and a cow

Two party-goers dressed as a pantomime horse and cow were being hunted by police over a drunken Halloween fight. The bizarre pair were caught up in a brawl with two other men and a woman after a fancy dress party.

One man was taken to hospital where he was detained overnight with injuries described as "not life-threatening".

A Northern Constabulary spokesman said: "Two of the men were in fancy dress outfits - one was dressed as a cow wearing a brown hat and the other as a horse wearing a straw hat. Both men are described as stocky/heavily built."



Another police source told said: "My colleagues are deadly serious about this... this is no laughing matter."

The fancy dress thugs had earlier been at a Halloween party in the Braeval Hotel's Bandstand Bar in Nairn. - but did not win prizes .

A barmaid, who declined to be named, said: "They were in here and they were having a great time. They were mixing with the other customers but left quite early. I don't know where they went from here. They looked great but they did not win a prize. All I know is that they were local and really enjoying Halloween."