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French footballer Kurt Zouma handed community service for cat cruelty

West Ham's French defender Kurt Zouma arrives at the Thames Magistrates' Court in London, on 1 June, 2022. © AFP/Daniel Leal

West Ham defender and French interntional Kurt Zouma was on Wednesday ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service after he admitted kicking and slapping his pet cat in a video posted on the social network Snapchat in February.

A judge at Thames Magistrates Court in east London also banned the 27-year-old France international from keeping cats for five years.

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