Richard Kitching is handed a suspended prison term for the attack on a herring gull in Scarborough.
Richard Kitching is seen holding the bird aloft seconds before throwing it into a wallCCTV captured the attack, which happened at 02:20 BST on 13 August 2022, in St Thomas Street, Scarborough.On Monday, he appeared before Scarborough Magistrates' Court where he was given a 32-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.He added the bird would have suffered pain and distress.
He then threw it into a brick wall, picked it up again and threw it across the road where it hit the ground.Several members of the public witnessed the attack, North Yorkshire Police said.He admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, taking a wild bird, and causing harassment, alarm or distress.
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