A Manhattan carriage driver burst into tears Monday after a jury acquitted him of overworking his frail colt Ryder — who collapsed on a Manhattan street in 2022 and died months later.
A jury of six Manhattanites took one hour to acquit Ian McKeever, 56, of a misdemeanor animal abuse count after a trial where the driver blasted the charge against him as “ridiculous,” saying he’s “never been accused of abusing a horse” in his decades-long career.
NYC carriage driver ‘ignored’ signs of horse Ryder’s distress before collapse: prosecutors…