A FRENCH farmer who sprayed manure at a group of travellers camped on his land now says he fears "reprisals".

Shocking footage shows farmers using tractors to douse dozens of white caravans with liquid fertilizer on a field in the Vosges region of north-east France.

Pierre Richard, 37, set about spraying liquid manure on a group who had set up camp without permission on his family farm near the village of Le Syndicat.

The field, passed down through five generations, is used to grow hay for Pierre's 50 dairy cows.

He claims police told him there was nothing they could do about the situation, forcing him to take matters in his own hands.

As the tractors approached, people inside the caravans were seen running away.

One person leapt onto a moving tractor, clinging to its side and shakin

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