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Brighton Cat Killer jailed!!!!

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Allergictoironing · 30/07/2021 18:50

Remember how the police said it was a fox? Well they've caught & jailed the guy who killed 9 cats & badly injured 7 others.

BBC News

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thecatneuterer · 30/07/2021 19:04

Let's hope there are some big, violent cat lovers with nothing to lose in prison ...

ShadowInVain · 30/07/2021 19:06

I was saying on the other thread, his sentence isn't nearly long enough. Personally, I think they should throw away the key.

Yiayoula · 30/07/2021 19:12

Fantastic news !! 🎉🍾🥂

Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel · 30/07/2021 19:15

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Horehound · 30/07/2021 19:19

Was this the guy who cut paws off etc?

I thought there were 10's if not hundreds of cats killed?

ShadowInVain · 30/07/2021 19:31

@Horehound

Was this the guy who cut paws off etc?

I thought there were 10's if not hundreds of cats killed?

You may be thinking of the Croydon cat killer. This utter scumbag knifed them but didn't dismember them afterwards.
Mpsister · 30/07/2021 22:16

My cat is snuggled up next to me and I could cry just thinking about it. Utter bastard

ThisIsStartingToBoreMe · 30/07/2021 22:19

You have to wonder what else he's done. Geez, where does it come from? that kind of thinking.

So glad he's been imprisoned.

Horehound · 30/07/2021 22:21

Ugh god this guy disemboweled them? Wtf.
Sure he'd have gone on to kill a person.poor cats and owners :(

Ibizafun · 30/07/2021 22:48

So he’ll be out in a few years to continue? No manor of death would be painful enough for this evil individual

Tiramiwho · 30/07/2021 23:14

Wish he had got longer. Hope he dies a long and painful miserable death.

MidnightMeltdown · 30/07/2021 23:25

You have to wonder what's wrong with people like this. I've often thought that someone who could hurt an animal like this could easily harm a child. Total lack of empathy is extremely dangerous.

ThisIsStartingToBoreMe · 30/07/2021 23:43

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PumpkinKlNG · 31/07/2021 00:16

So is this another cat killer? Or is it the Croydon cat killer I’m confused

Furries · 31/07/2021 00:24

@Allergictoironing

Remember how the police said it was a fox? Well they've caught & jailed the guy who killed 9 cats & badly injured 7 others.

BBC News

It’s fantastic that this guy was caught and sentenced.

Unfortunately, it’s not the same one as the case where the deaths have been put down to killings by fox. That case is/was the Croydon Cat Killer. Way more cats killed. And I’m still so cross that they’ve put it all down to foxes. Basically, they can’t find the killer and don’t want to spend more time on it - easier to write it off as foxes.

At least this sicko has been taken off the streets for a while. Although I’d have preferred his sentence to mean he was incarcerated in a zoo’s lion enclosure. See how tough he is then, plus save taxpayers money!

Dancingsmile · 31/07/2021 05:59

It's excellent they've caught him but I hope they don't just send him to prison.
He needs a psychological assessment and appropriate action; treatment or a secure unit. He must be very ill or psychopathic , no one does something like that for no reason and prison won't make that urge go away it very likely will make him worse.
All I felt was what's going to happen when he's out on licence in a year.

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ClumpingBambooIsALie · 31/07/2021 12:43

Let's hope there are some big, violent cat lovers with nothing to lose in prison ...

I think they should throw away the key.

I hope he's "violated" every single day.

No manor of death would be painful enough for this evil individual

Hope he dies a long and painful miserable death.

I’d have preferred his sentence to mean he was incarcerated in a zoo’s lion enclosure.

You don't tend to see this level of gleeful sadism and baying for extrajudicial blood on MN threads about actual murderers.

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IsadoraQuagmire · 31/07/2021 12:49

He is an actual murderer!

ClumpingBambooIsALie · 31/07/2021 12:55

@IsadoraQuagmire

He is an actual murderer!
Is he? It only mentions the animal attacks in the news article. Still, I don't remember having seen any threads concerning someone who "just" murdered human beings with such a high percentage of posts including that kind of statement.
ClumpingBambooIsALie · 31/07/2021 12:58

Don't get me wrong, he's despicable and deserves his punishment — I just found this thread quite disturbing.

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 31/07/2021 13:02

Yes, wishing sexual violence on anyone is deeply unpleasant, no matter what they’ve done.

ShadowInVain · 31/07/2021 13:10

Not everyone places a lower value on a cat's life than on a human life.

Handsoffstrikesagain · 31/07/2021 13:16

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ClumpingBambooIsALie · 31/07/2021 13:20

@ShadowInVain

Not everyone places a lower value on a cat's life than on a human life.
…okay then.

Even if the victims in this case were human, I would be surprised see such a high proportion of posts on a MN thread yearning for this kind of extra punishment. Daily Mail, maybe. MN is usually a little more measured.