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Man Who Threw Kittens Into River Thames Sentenced
Andrew Shephard admitted causing unnecessary suffering to three kittens and received a 17-week suspended sentence with rehabilitation after throwing them into the River Thames.
- On Tuesday, Wimbledon Magistrates' Court sentenced Shephard to 17 weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, after he admitted three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
- From Twickenham Bridge last November, witnesses say Andrew Shephard tipped the three kittens from a box into the River Thames while shouting he wanted them to die.
- Police officers and rescuers found one kitten saved before it fell and two kittens wet, muddy, and alive, both in shock with body temperature below 33C.
- Magistrate Elizabeth Evans JP suspended the sentence while ordering 30 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days and a 154 surcharge plus 85 costs, citing good rehabilitation prospects.
- Representing himself, Shephard told magistrates `I feel bad for what I done` and said he was incapacitated by alcohol, while the prosecutor argued there was a clear intention, calling the act extreme and deliberate.
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