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Oct. 19th, 2005 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA British court sent a mother of two to prison for six weeks for killing the family cat by boiling it in a washing machine in front of her daughters, aged five and 15.
Holly Thacker, 34, decided to kill Fluffy after it scratched her, the court in Norwich in eastern England heard. Jonathan Eales, prosecuting, told the court that Thacker's ex-husband alerted the national animal protection society, the RSPCA, following a conversation with her at her home on November 7.
"A conversation took place in which she said: 'I haven't got my cat any more.' He said: 'Why?' She said: 'The cat scratched me so I put it in the washing machine,' " Mr Eales said. Thacker said she had set the dial at 90 degrees Celsius.
According to a veterinarian, the cat would have taken five to 10 minutes to die. Fluffy broke its claws trying to escape.
Holly Thacker, 34, decided to kill Fluffy after it scratched her, the court in Norwich in eastern England heard. Jonathan Eales, prosecuting, told the court that Thacker's ex-husband alerted the national animal protection society, the RSPCA, following a conversation with her at her home on November 7.
"A conversation took place in which she said: 'I haven't got my cat any more.' He said: 'Why?' She said: 'The cat scratched me so I put it in the washing machine,' " Mr Eales said. Thacker said she had set the dial at 90 degrees Celsius.
According to a veterinarian, the cat would have taken five to 10 minutes to die. Fluffy broke its claws trying to escape.
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Date: 2005-10-19 04:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 05:21 pm (UTC)I have to go hug my cats now.
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Date: 2005-10-19 06:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 08:09 pm (UTC)If you ask me, she should also be up for Child Services (or the British equivalent) review too - on the grounds that A FUCKING SOCIOPATH should not be raising children.
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Date: 2005-10-21 12:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 08:12 pm (UTC)Will let icon do the talking...
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Date: 2005-10-19 08:50 pm (UTC)Thought 2: ...dammit, now I need to find something *else* for Morgan to do to threaten Kelly.
6 weeks in prison?
Date: 2005-10-19 09:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-20 01:00 am (UTC)