Moment 'sadistic' grandmother tries to kill her kitten with a brick
Horrific moment ‘sadistic’ grandmother tries to kill her pet kitten with a brick after trapping the animal in a wheelie bin – before avoiding jail for the ‘despicable’ crime
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- Pamela Mattinson claimed she had been trying to ‘put it out of its misery’
Shocking footage has emerged of a ‘sadistic’ grandmother trying to kill her pet kitten with a brick after she trapped it in a wheelie bin
Pamela Mattinson, 48, – who avoided jail for the ‘despicable’ assault – was filmed hurling the heavy block into her neighbour’s bin on at least four occasions as she attempted to kill the terrified creature.
And after each chilling impact, Mattinson, dressed all in pink, was captured staring intently into the bin to examine the state of the screeching cat.
She was initially confronted by a neighbour before fleeing the scene and was arrested after she retrieved the cat and was making her way to a vet.
Mattinson, who admitted that she had been drinking vodka prior to the incident, later claimed been trying to ‘put it out of its misery’ after she injured it by accident.
But thankfully, the cat later fully recovered, and she pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering and using threatening behaviour at Bolton Crown Court.
In the shocking video Pamela Mattinson can be seen hurling the heavy block into her neighbour’s bin
Thankfully, the cat later fully recovered from its ordeal and was rehomed
Mattinson claimed been trying to ‘put it out of its misery’ after she injured it by accident
Judge Nicholas Clarke labelled her actions a ‘despicable crime’ when sentencing her to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and 180 hours of unpaid work.
He said: ‘In my role as a judge I have to deal, unfortunately, with a lot of cases where people are cruel or negligent to an animal.
‘In this case, as depicted in the video, you were not cruel nor negligent to an animal. You were trying to kill the cat.
‘The nature of the attack, as depicted in the video, was of a most despicable crime.’
Mattinson, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, launched the vile attack on the poor animal on March 2 this year.
Edmund Potts, prosecuting said: ‘[The neighbour] was at home when he heard a banging.
‘He went to the window and he saw Ms Mattinson in his back garden. Ms Mattinson was picking up a brick and throwing it into the wheelie bin.’
Mattinson later threatened to put through the neighbour’s window when he confronted her about the sickening incident.
Mattinson was given eight months in prison, suspended for two years and banned from keeping animals for ten years
Mattison was also ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation activities for the attack on the cat
And she was arrested as she took the cat to a vet for its injuries and was initially charged with animal cruelty and public order offences.
In mitigation, Colin Buckle said Mattinson struggled with her alcoholism and her mental health.
He suggested she was attempting to kill the cat ‘to put it out of its misery’ after she injured it by accident while trying to protect it from another cat.
Judge Clarke called Mattinson’s actions ‘sadistic’ but said he took into account that she was a ‘vulnerable’ individual during his sentencing remarks.
She was also banned from keeping animals for ten years and ordered to carry out 20 days of rehabilitation activities.
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