Cat swinging suspect hands himself into police - Update

A man suspected of swinging a terrified cat by its tail can be identified for the first time today as 20-year-old Riain Richards after he handed himself into police.

Officers and RSPCA inspectors had identified Richards as a person they wanted to interview in connection with the daylight attack on Mowgli on the streets of Ramsgate, Kent but could not locate him.



Just hours after he was urged to hand himself in, Richards presented himself to Margate police station shortly after 9am on Friday. He was accompanied by his solicitor after RSCPA inspectors and police officers failed to find him at his home address, just around the corner from where the incident occured.

He is currently being questioned by detectives and animal welfare officers. He has not been charged. A RSPCA spokewoman said: "The RSPCA can confirm that this morning, a 20-year-old man from Ramsgate voluntarily handed himself into Margate Police Station and is now helping us with our enquiries."

Previously.