Jail for thug who let terrier rip cat apart - Update

A teenager who dropped a neighbour's cat into the jaws of his aggressive dog and watched as it was ripped to shreds has been jailed for four months.

Callum Myers, 18, was caught on CCTV grinning as he plucked the cat from a fence after it had run to safety from his Staffordshire bull terrier, Gypsy.

He then watched as Gypsy savaged the cat in a frenzied attack, snapping its ribs in its powerful jaws.

Myers, of Huddersfield, pleaded guilty to failing to protect the cat from injury. But he denied intentionally hurting the animal, claiminghe was trying to save Tigger from his dog when he grabbed it from the fence. He said he was intending to take it away and put it in a tree when he dropped it.