Two teenagers will appear in the youth court for sentence this morning after they admitted torturing and killing two kittens in West London. A kitten was found hanging from a tree, and the other on the ground, in a field near Ruislip Golf Club on May 3. A girl and boy, both now aged 17, admitted animal cruelty offences at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on May 20.
On Monday (August 4) they are due to be sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to the protected animals by ‘mutilating and killing’ them, and for one count of possession of a knife. The kittens were found with ropes attached to them and had been cut open, with knives, blowtorches, and scissors nearby. Last time, Judge Michael Oliver told the defendants he had not ruled out any sentence.
Members of the public who saw the teenage boy with an animal carrier and ‘became concerned’ when they later saw him and the girl running from the scene. After the kittens were found, police appealed for information and released CCTV images of suspects and an image of a black bag. Two other teenagers, aged 16 and 15, were arrested and released without charge.
The defendants, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were remanded into the care of the local authority with conditions including a 18:00 to 07:00 curfew monitored by police, and to not contact one another.
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