Hartlepool, County Durham: Anthony Parker

CONVICTED (2010) | Anthony Parker, born c. 1981, of 24 Holyrood Walk, Hartlepool TS25 3EY – killed a Syrian hamster in a microwave.

Sadistic animal abuser Anthony Parker
Sadistic animal abuser Anthony Parker was only banned from keeping animals for five years

The tiny hamster suffered a horrific death at the hands of her evil owner.

When police came to Parkers home in the early hours of February 23, 2010, he admitted putting his pet in the cooker after a drunken row with his girlfriend.

The court heard he told officers: “I didn’t mean to kill her. She was the best hamster I ever had. She was called Suzie.”

2019 photo of animal torturer Anthony Parker from Hartlepool, UK
2019 photo of animal torturer Anthony Parker

Her body was found in a wheelie bin outside the house with burns to her mouth. A post-mortem determined that she had died from exposure to radiation.

In addition to a nine-week custodial sentence, Parker was banned from keeping animals for five years (expired 2015).

While Parker’s landlord, Housing Hartlepool, had threatened to take a hardline against the animal abuser by evicting him, in the end they merely “demoted” his tenancy.

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