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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kieran Isgin

Kurt Zouma given community service over shocking Snapchat cat attack video

Premier League footballer Kurt Zouma has received an order to carry out 180 hours of community service after a video emerged on Snapchat where he kicked and slapped his pet cat.

The 27-year-old has also been banned from keeping cats for five years. He showed no emotion as the sentence was handed at Thames Magistrates Court in east London on Wednesday (June 1).

The West Ham defender drew a wide range of condemnation after footage emerged on Snapchat of him throwing his pet across the kitchen, before throwing a pair of shoes at it and slapping its head. In the footage, he can be heard saying: "I swear I'll kill it".

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