A man slit a cat's throat with a razor blade after breaking its leg then claimed to have walked six miles in order to bury it.
Adam Neil Alkour sliced the female cat's throat with a razor blade in order to hide the fact he broke her leg, Newcastle Magistrates' Court heard on Friday. The 32-year-old then messaged a friend to confess what he'd done, telling them he'd "freaked out" and was "on the verge of a nervous breakdown". His friend subsequently contacted the RSPCA and Alkour was later questioned.
Alkour, of Heaton Park Road, Heaton, Newcastle, appeared at the court charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and two counts of a charge relating to failing to protect an animal from pain and providing veterinary care. The offences were committed between November 17 and 27 last year and he had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing.
