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A MAN who killed a cat by putting it into a sack and drowning it in a water butt because he thought it would spread Covid has avoided a jail sentence. Dorset man Richard Giles grabbed hold of tabby cat Ruby after he found her in his kitchen, drowned her and threw her body in a ditch, Weymouth Magistrates Court heard. The court heard the extreme suffering to the cat was caused by 69-year-old Giles on September 19 last year after he said the animal repeatedly ruined his crops and kept comin...

A MAN who killed a cat by putting it into a sack and drowning it in a water butt because he thought it would spread Covid has avoided a jail…

Richard Giles, 69, grabbed hold of neighbours tabby cat Ruby and drowned it He admitted killing the pet, saying he was driven to it as it was ruining his crops Giles blamed neighbour Shirley Gear-Evans for training Ruby not to go for birds He was handed 12-week suspended sentence and ordered to pay Ms Gear-Evans £1,000 by Weymouth Magistrates Court