Woman killed kitten by COOKING it in a microwave for five minutes because it attacked her pet goldfish • WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Laura Cunliffe, 23, put kitten in microwave after it attacked goldfish
• Left four-month-old animal in machine for five minutes before taking it out
• Animal died shortly afterwards due to radiation, RSPCA said
• Cunliffe has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal
A woman killed her kitten by cooking it in a microwave for five minutes, a court has heard.
Unemployed Laura Cunliffe, 23, from Hoyland near Barnsley, is said to have put four-month-old Mowgli in the microwave after it attacked her pet goldfish.
Cunliffe then set the controls to cook for five minutes - Barnsley Magistrates were told.
Remarkably, the black and white female was alive when Cunliffe finally removed it from the machine - but she died shortly afterwards.
Cunliffe pleaded guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and was granted unconditional bail. She will be sentenced on March 13.
Brian Orsborn, prosecuting for the RSPCA, told the court that Cunliffe had had the kitten since it was a few weeks old.
