Matthew Ridley, the offender
Karen Ridley and 13-year old Belle
Posted on 11/17/2007 12:13:59 PM PST by DancesWithCats
A teenager who was filmed swinging the family cat around by its tail was caught out when his mum shopped him to the police.
Mum-of-four Karen Ridley was horrified when she discovered the sickening footage on her son Matthew's mobile phone.
She threw her cruel son out of the family home, reported him to the police and then rang the Army, where he hopes to work, and told them what he had done to the helpless animal.
The appalling minute-long clip, filmed by the teenager's friend, shows 13-year-old Belle, a black and white house cat, screeching in pain as the intoxicated teenager swings her by her tail.
Matthew, 19, was sentenced to 250 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £45 costs by magistrates in Preston, Lancs, after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
Distraught Mrs Ridley, who has two other cats named Sutty and Tickles, discovered the clip when she began flicking through his phone after she found it at their Preston home.
She said: "I went absolutely berserk when I saw the clip. We have had Belle since she was a kitten.
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Matthew Ridley, the offender
Karen Ridley and 13-year old Belle
Kitty Ping!
I bet the skunk steps on ants also..
I bet the skunk steps on ants also..
If he tried that with my old cat Spunky, he’d look like shredded beef. I think his kill record is something like 8 big gray squirrels and countless other critters.
With both feet..,,disgusting.
If only the cat could talk, after living with the creep for 13 years, but mummy surely knows what she has raised.
He was only measuring the room.
You could swing a dead cat
Good for her. What a crummy thing to do to the poor kitty. Belle looks like the mirror image of my own little calico cat. A sweetie pie too.
... and pulls the wings off flies ...
This was the windup. Shoulda seen the pitch.
Just looking at the perp,,,yea , I did it...,,,and I pull wings off flies,,..
Snorts ants.
And termites too.
He is disgusting.
Really sounds like a job for MI5..
Did learn something,,you can shop for a cop,,
Gosh, she looks awfully young to be his mother... LOL!
Actually, she should have gotten him help. I mean..., if the parents won’t take care of kids and be responsible for them, who will? Of course, I didn’t hear a thing about “dear ole dad” — so I guess he’s not around...
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