Cat swing trial: Animal cruelty case thrown out due to lack of evidence

      October 29^th of last year, 20-year-old Riain Richards was convicted of allegedly “to have swung two-year-old Mowgli around about 17 times in 30 seconds in front of friends who cheered him on.” My mind set when reading this is absolutely shocked, I’m baffled at the fact the Richards friends there stood there and cheered him as he continued to swing this cat around by its tail! If you think about it, a cat’s tail is a part of its spine, and its spine is what makes it possible for cats (and other animals) too move, so if you damage the spine this cat will no longer be able to move. Think of how you would feel if you were hypothetically being swung around by your spine? Yes, if you thought it would hurt, well then think of how the cat would feel.

          Furthermore, this article is updating the court case at which was made and how now it is being tossed aside because of the “lack of evidence.” Magistrate Gillian Monk (judge in this court case) said: “The CCTV and photographic evidence presented is of such poor quality that it is hard to identify any distinguishing features." No forensic evidence was found at Mr. Richards' home or on his computer. "Nothing we have seen or heard has securely placed his hands on that cat." This greatly maddens me due to the fact that there is clear evidence of Richards swinging this cat around in the air. As well there was a comment made saying: “If it was a child, they would not be saying this was a poor quality video! They would be analyzing the video with enhanced equipment to positively identify the person doing this as well as enhancing what he was swinging around. It clearly looks to me like a black cat. Sounds more like selective court issues.”

          I highly agree with what this person has said because if people were really angered with what took place they would have done what it took to get justice needed in order to punish Richards. The owner of this cat deserves to get justice; her cat is now left physically and mentally traumatised, no thanks to the idiocy of some people having a laugh!

 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cat-swing-case-thrown-out-858975