Cat Killer

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Sad thing is the cruel bitch will probably be out in 2-3 weeks. I hope she meets a cat lover in the showers one day.

No Justice

 

The Valley Vegan............heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote:

Prison for spin wash cat killerHolly Thacker (Picture courtesy of Evening News, Norwich)Thacker has mental health problems, the court heardA mother-of-three who killed the family's cat by deliberately puttingit in a washing machine has been jailed.Fluffy the cat took up to 10 minutes to die after 34-year-old HollyThacker put the animal in the machine at her home in Hellesdon,Norwich, a court heard.Vets told the court that Fluffy was gripping to the washer's metaldrum so tightly its claws broke off as it spun round. Eventually thecat drowned.Thacker, who denied cruelty, was jailed for six weeks by Norwichmagistrates.In the seven years I have been with the RSPCA I have never come acrossanything as horrendousRSPCA inspector Rob MelloyMagistrates heard that Thacker had told her ex-husband, Simon,

she hadput the cat in the washing machine because it had scratched her.She allegedly bragged: "I put it on boil wash as well." She thenshowed Mr Thacker the cat's body in a plastic bag.A report from a veterinary surgeon said the black and white cat wouldhave struggled because its claws were frayed and broken.Campaigners against animal crueltyProtesters called for stricter laws to protect animalsDeath would have been a "slow and terrifying process" taking betweenfive and 10 minutes, he said.The court heard Thacker, who has a baby and two daughters aged six and16, had mental health problems and was on anti-depressants.Ms Thacker has received hate mail since the story was reported in themedia, magistrates were told.RSPCA inspector Rob Melloy said: "In the seven years I have been withthe RSPCA I have never come across anything as horrendous."Campaigners protesting against cruelty to animals

gathered outside thecourt waving banners.Anne Nathan, of East Anglian Animal Rights Coalition, said stricterlaws and tougher jail sentences were needed to protect animals.

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It was a terrible thing to do - and must have been aweful for the poor cat.

 

Jo

 

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peter hurd

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:47 PM

Re: Cat Killer

 

Sad thing is the cruel bitch will probably be out in 2-3 weeks. I hope she meets a cat lover in the showers one day.

No Justice

 

The Valley Vegan............heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote:

Prison for spin wash cat killerHolly Thacker (Picture courtesy of Evening News, Norwich)Thacker has mental health problems, the court heardA mother-of-three who killed the family's cat by deliberately puttingit in a washing machine has been jailed.Fluffy the cat took up to 10 minutes to die after 34-year-old HollyThacker put the animal in the machine at her home in Hellesdon,Norwich, a court heard.Vets told the court that Fluffy was gripping to the washer's metaldrum so tightly its claws broke off as it spun round. Eventually thecat drowned.Thacker, who denied cruelty, was jailed for six weeks by Norwichmagistrates.In the seven years I have been with the RSPCA I have never come acrossanything as horrendousRSPCA inspector Rob MelloyMagistrates heard that Thacker had told her ex-husband, Simon, she hadput the cat in the washing machine because it had scratched her.She allegedly bragged: "I put it on boil wash as well." She thenshowed Mr Thacker the cat's body in a plastic bag.A report from a veterinary surgeon said the black and white cat wouldhave struggled because its claws were frayed and broken.Campaigners against animal crueltyProtesters called for stricter laws to protect animalsDeath would have been a "slow and terrifying process" taking betweenfive and 10 minutes, he said.The court heard Thacker, who has a baby and two daughters aged six and16, had mental health problems and was on anti-depressants.Ms Thacker has received hate mail since the story was reported in themedia, magistrates were told.RSPCA inspector Rob Melloy said: "In the seven years I have been withthe RSPCA I have never come across anything as horrendous."Campaigners protesting against cruelty to animals gathered outside thecourt waving banners.Anne Nathan, of East Anglian Animal Rights Coalition, said stricterlaws and tougher jail sentences were needed to protect animals.