UK man gets nine weeks in jail for microwaving his pet hamster, Suzie

A British court has sentenced a man to nine weeks in prison after he killed his favourite pet hamster by cooking it in a microwave during a drunken row with his girlfriend.

Unemployed Anthony Parker, 29, was also banned from keeping any animals for five years after he admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the rodent resulting in its death.

Parker told police after his arrest in Hartlepool in northeastern England: "I didn't mean to kill her. She was the best hamster I ever had. She was called Suzie."

[link to www.smh.com.au]

He should have stuck to possum tossing. That's just harmless fun for kids.