A man who tore the head off a kitten in front of his family after a drinking binge has been jailed in New Zealand.
The attack occurred when David Hamuera Snook attended his former partner's house and they begun to fight, according to the New Zealand Herald.
In front of his partner and her children, Snook sat at the dining table with kitten and laughed as he twisted its head off.
Its headless body then ran across the room.
In jailing Snook for two year and four months, the judge said the killing was" callous, brutal and cruel. "
"The kitten had one life and you took it", Judge McAuslan said.
The lawyer for Snook said the kitten's death was a "turning point" for his client.
He said Snook was an intelligent man who had difficulties with alcohol.
As part of his punishment Judge McAuslan banned Snook from exercising or owning a pet for five years.
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