Ponies stolen by schoolgirls found in a shed

Police Scotland said it would speak “to those involved” in the incident.

The owner of the school, who did not want to be named, said she noticed the ponies were missing on Saturday morning.

She said: ‘I knew they had been taken because there were other horses in the field and the gate was closed.

“I put it on Facebook and started getting calls from people I know and the public.”

The owner said she was “shocked” when she saw the dashcam footage showing the ponies driving along a pitch-black road.

She said: “I’m not going to take my ponies out of my garden at this time of year because of the icy roads.

‘That side road near me is a death trap.

“They could have caused a serious accident with innocent drivers and the ponies themselves, there could have been fatalities.”