Kurt Zouma: West Ham defender sentenced to 180 hours of group service for cat assault video

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West Ham defender Kurt Zouma was on Wednesday ordered to finish 180 hours of group service after pleading responsible to kicking and slapping a cat, in accordance with PA Media.

The UK animal welfare charity, RSPCA launched an investigation into the French worldwide participant after a video of the incident filmed by his youthful brother, Yoan, surfaced on-line in February displaying him hurling sneakers at his pet cat, slapping it throughout the face, chasing it across the room and kicking it throughout the ground in what seemed to be a non-public residence.

Through the sentencing at Thames Magistrates’ Courtroom, Zouma was additionally banned from proudly owning a cat for 5 years and ordered to pay courtroom fines of practically £9,000 ($11,214).

Yoan was ordered to finish 140 hours of group service after pleading responsible to 1 rely of aiding, abetting, counseling or procuring his older brother to commit an offence beneath the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

The RSPCA seized two cats belonging to Zouma shortly after the incident they usually have remained of their care since February.

“We're happy there was swift justice on this terrible case and our focus now's on matching these lovely cats to the loving properties they deserve,” mentioned RSPCA chief inspectorate officer Dermot Murphy in an announcement despatched to Muricas News following the listening to,

“This case sends a transparent message that animals ought to by no means be handled like this, and posting movies of animals being harmed on social media for likes is abhorrent,” Murphy added.

A West Ham spokesperson reiterated the membership’s condemnation of animal abuse and cruelty
“This kind of habits is unacceptable and isn't according to the values of the Soccer Membership,” mentioned West Ham.

“Inside 48 hours of the footage rising, we fined Kurt the utmost obtainable to the membership.

“Each single penny of this cash is now with a lot of deserving charities, all devoted to animal welfare,” the assertion learn.

Within the wake of the incident, Zouma was dropped by Adidas, certainly one of his sponsors and has reportedly been subjected to racist abuse on-line.