CONVICTED (2016) | Adam Hoar, born 22 May 1992, of Malvern Crescent, Seaham SR7 8BJ and brother Christopher Hoar, born 16 September 1985, of Woods Terrace, Murton, Seaham SR7 – kicked a hedgehog to death
The evil brothers were caught on camera repeatedly kicking the tiny creature like a football shortly after midnight on July 7, 2016, at Dalton Park retail centre at Murton, County Durham.
The pair admitted inflicting unnecessary suffering contrary to the Wild Mammals Protection Act.
Denise Jackman, for the RSPCA, said Adam Hoar initially claimed under caution that they had thought the hedgehog was a football, before admitting the truth.
District Judge Kristina Harrison said: “I cannot see how anybody their size was doing anything other than torturing the hedgehog by kicking it around the place, using it as a football.”
Sentencing the brothers, who hung their heads, she told them: “This is a horrible case where you have tortured an animal who has hurt absolutely nobody and whose numbers in the wild are rapidly dwindling.
“If people feel horrified by the case, quite frankly they are absolutely right to do so.”
Outside court, RSPCA Inspector Helen Nedley who investigated the case said the sentence sent out a message.
She said: “This was a horrible case of cruelty to a completely defenceless animal who did nothing but have the misfortune to cross paths with these brothers.
“The hedgehog was kicked about five times by each man. At one point it was kicked with such force it was propelled into the air and one of the men’s shoes flew off.
“The injuries sustained by this poor creature were horrendous including broken ribs, a broken pelvis and ruptured liver, and it died in the hand of one of the witnesses.
“This kind of cruelty is abhorrent and I am glad that this was taken so seriously by the court today.”
Sentence: jailed for six weeks and ordered to pay £250 each in compensation.
I hope he Treats The Baby He Is Pictured With, a bit kinder than Kicking A Little Animal To Death. These two are clearly Mentally Disturbed and Not Safe Around Anything.
Evil Scum Pair, they won’t have no luck for what they have done.