Woman Jailed For Boiling Fluffy The Cat ..!!

Woman jailed for boiling cat
From: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in London
October 19, 2005

A BRITISH court sent a mother of two to prison for six weeks today for killing the family cat by boiling it in a washing machine, in front of her daughters, aged five and 15.

Holly Thacker, 34, decided to kill Fluffy after it scratched her, the court in Norwich in eastern England heard.
She denied cruelty.

Prosecutor Jonathan Eales told the court that Thacker´s ex-husband alerted the national animal protection society, the RSPCA, following a conversation with her at her home on November 7.

"A conversation took place in which she said: ´I haven´t got my cat any more´. He said: ´Why?´. She said: ´The cat scratched me so I put it in the washing machine´," Mr Eales said.

"She then laughed and said: ´I put it on a f...ing boiling wash as well´. She said: ´I am serious. Then I put it in the bin´."

RSPCA inspector Rob Melloy visited Thacker´s home after the tip-off and before he entered, checked the rubbish bin, where he found a carrier bag with the dead cat inside.
Thacker said she had set the dial at 90 degrees Celsius.

According to a veterinarian, the cat would have taken five to 10 minutes to die. Fluffy broke its claws trying to escape.

Speaking after the case Mr Melloy said: "In the seven years I have been working for the RSPCA as an animal inspector, I have never come across anything as heartless as this.

"It was a deliberate act of cruelty and she knew the cat would die in the washing machine."

"I hope this sends a very strong message to anyone who is capable of doing anything like this that society will not tolerate it and if we find you we will prosecute you."

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