The estranged wife of snooker star Stephen Hendry has been cleared of worrying sheep after prosecutors dropped the case against her.

Amanda Hendry had been set to go on trial in connection with an alleged dog attack on Monday but the case was not called by the Crown.

No explanation for the decision was given by the depute fiscal at Perth Sheriff Court.

Hendry was alleged to have been the owner of a dog that attacked and injured a sheep in a farm field.

The 49-year-old was not present at any of the court hearings after her lawyers asked for her to be excused because of interest from the media.

Solicitor Paul Ralph, defending, previously told the court she denied the charges against her and a trial was scheduled to start yesterday morning.

Her legal team said their client was "likely to attract a degree of press interest" because of who she was and asked for her to be excused attending an earlier hearing.

Hendry, of Auchterarder in Perthshire, denied being the owner of a border terrier which attacked a sheep on agricultural land at Parks of Keillour Farm in Methven, Perthshire, on March 14 last year.

It was alleged her dog entered a field and worried sheep before attacking and injuring one of them. She also denied a second charge of worrying sheep at the same farm on the same date.