#MostEvil | Suzanne Wendy Bennett, born 28 February 1973, previously of Cross Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester – stabbed her pet cat up to 10 times then put her in the freezer to die.
The court heard that Bennett had consumed three bottles of white wine before attacking the defenceless cat, known as Poppy, with a knife.
She then dumped the badly injured pet in the freezer before calling police to confess.
Officers arrived at Bennett’s home to hear the distressed cat meowing from inside the freezer and found she had sustained stab wounds to her leg and neck.
She was later treated by a vet and made a miraculous recovery and is now in the care of the RSPCA.
Anna McDonald, prosecuting, told the court that a vet found Poppy had ten wounds in total after the stabbing, ‘ranging from a one-millimetre puncture to a four-centimetre puncture’.
She added: ‘It’s the vet’s opinion that Poppy suffered from chronic pain as a result of her wounds.
‘The vet also said the cat suffered mentally due to the injuries and from being confined in the freezer.’
Miss McDonald told the court: ‘She said she turned the freezer to a high setting because she wanted to end the cat’s life. She said she had an ‘angel side’ and a ‘satanic side’ and the ‘angel side’ had told her to get help.’
Bennett, who had no previous convictions, previously said in a police interview that she suffered from depression and for the past ten years, she had ‘heard voices in her head’.
Meanwhile, her lawyer Jed Frazer said in mitigation: ‘She loved those cats and described to me that she loved them as if they were her children. She says they were always well looked after, and often, they were fed better than her.’
Sentencing: 18-month community order; nine month alcohol treatment requirement ; ordered to pay a total of £495 in fines and costs. Disqualified from keeping any animals for just five years (expires July 2026).
She should be Sectioned Under The Mental Health Act.
She is obviously Not Safe around anyone or anything.
That poor little Cat survived such an ordeal.
She really is evil as she once hounded me out of the house I shared with her in Prestwich as she tormented me and targetted me when I was going through a difficult period and wasn’t well and that’s how truly evil she is.