As FSA shuts Todmorden slaughterhouse, town reflects on Peter Boddy's animal collection and 50 years in the meat trade A farmworker uses a tractor to block the entrance to Peter Boddy's Todmorden slaughterhouse yesterday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Peter Boddy, the man at the centre of the latest twist in the horsemeat scandal, is fondly known locally as Greengrass, after the colourful character in the ITV drama series Heartbeat. Boddy's slaughterhouse, which perches on the hills above the Pennine town of Todmorden, was raided on Tuesday when West Yorkshire police and inspectors from the Food Standards Agency arrived, telling staff to gather their belongings and leave....
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