Woman filmed drop-kicking kitten banned from keeping animals - Update

A woman who punched and drop-kicked a kitten like a rugby ball has been banned for life from keeping animals.

Nicola Collinson, 21, from Gateshead, was filmed attacking the young black and white cat in a street in January.

She earlier pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the animal and was sentenced at Gosforth Magistrates' Court in Newcastle on Monday.



The video, captured on a mobile phone camera, showed Collinson and a 16-year-old female accomplice, who cannot be named for legal reasons, laughing as they repeatedly kick and punch the cat, chasing after it when it attempted to escape.
She was given a 12-month supervision order, and a six-month night-time curfew on top of the lifetime ban.

Collinson, of Parkside Avenue, Gateshead, was also ordered to pay court costs of £420 to the RSPCA.