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U.K. Teens Jailed for Torturing Two Kittens to Death
WEST LONDON, AUG 4 – Two 17-year-olds admitted to deliberately mutilating and killing kittens after planning the act, with the boy citing it helped control violent urges, court heard.
- On August 4, 2025, District Judge Hina Rai sentenced the boy to 12 months and the girl to nine months at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.
- On May 20, 2025, the boy and the girl pleaded guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court to causing unnecessary suffering to two kittens and possessing a knife.
- At Ruislip Golf Club, two kittens were found mutilated on May 3, 2025, with knives, scissors, and a blowtorch scattered nearby.
- Beyond detention orders, the court imposed a £41 victim surcharge and a lifetime ban from animal care, with prosecutors classifying the offence as an A1 offence.
- Amid concerns about his mental health, defence solicitor Naushad Amide warned the boy's 46 incidents may indicate future risks, and called for additional reports.
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Teenagers cut open kittens, burn them with blowtorches, ‘Really wanted to murder someone’
A court sentenced two teenagers to nearly two years in youth detention for torturing and killing two kittens in a brutal manner. The judge labelled it among the worst animal cruelty cases seen in court.
In London, two seventeen-year-olds were sentenced to one year and nine months respectively for torturing and killing two cats. The judge described these as the "most horrific cases of animal cruelty" ever witnessed in court.
A court in London sentenced a 17-year-old British man for cruel animal torture and planned murder. His accomplice was arrested for nine months.
In London, two seventeen-year-olds were sentenced Monday to twelve and nine months respectively for torturing and killing several cats. The judge described these as "the most horrific cases of animal cruelty ever witnessed in court."
"There were no doubt the most terrible crimes against animals I have seen at this court," a judge in London declared on Monday at the verdict against a 17-year-old who had tortured two kittens to death. However, the teenager had even more plans, he must now be detained for a year. In a park in northwestern London, two kittens had been found cut open in May. Parts of their fur and flesh were apparently burned, and the dead animals were tied to ro…
Two 17-year-olds were sentenced this Monday to prison terms for torture and killing kittens. "I killed cats to reduce my impulses," tried to justify one of them. - They tortured and killed kittens: 2 British sentenced to prison (International).
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