Paul Rogers is said to have shown “no remorse whatsoever”. Warning: Some people may find the details in this story upsetting.
A 60-year-old man has been jailed for 16 weeks for microwaving his pet rabbit to death.
The Evening Standard reported that Paul Rogers watched as the rabbit, called Fluffy George Fudge, squealed and writhed around in the microwave, before leaving its dead body on a saucepan lid.
The incident occurred in October last year when he was living in temporary accommodation in Gloucester.
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He had bought the animal five days before.
You thought about it, you planned it and you decided to carry out this sadistic act.
This case is so cruel and the suffering of that animal is so extreme that, regardless of your personal circumstances, I cannot suspend it [the sentence].
"I didn't want blood on my hands and I felt the most humane way to put her out of her misery was to put her in the microwave," the BBC quoted him as saying.
The 60-year-old, who has spent time in psychiatric hospitals, had previously pleaded guilty to causing an animal unnecessary suffering.
As well as the prison sentence, he was banned from keeping animals for life and ordered to pay court costs.
