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MAN JAILED
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LONDON (Reuters) - A man has been jailed
for nine months after being found
in possession of what police termed "squish" movies showing small
animals --
including a kitten -- being glued to the floor and stamped to death.
Scotland Yard said in a statement on Friday Brian McCann, 47, was
arrested
after ordering another 1,500 pounds squish video over the internet
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including a scene of an eight-week-old kitten being skewered by a
woman in
high heels.
Officers investigating the case said the video was one of the most
disturbing they had ever seen.
"I find it hard to understand why someone would want to watch such a
film,
yet alone how people could take part in the making of it," Inspector
Brian
Ward of the Obscene Publications and Internet Team said.
McCann pleaded guilty and was convicted of conspiracy to publish an
obscene
video.
Filmed in a pornographic manner, the movies show scenes of extreme
cruelty
to animals involving mice, guinea pigs and most sickeningly, an
eight-week-old kitten, glued to the floor, being crushed to death
underfoot,
police said.
Police said a search of McCann's house in Holloway, north London,
yielded
three other squish films as well as a large amount of similar
material
stored on his computer.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA),
helped
with the police investigation.
"This video is one of the most abhorrent instances of cruelty that
our unit
has ever come across. The animals involved forcibly endured a long
and
traumatic ordeal, which ultimately led to a painful death," Barry
Fryer of
the RSPCA's special operations unit said |
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27 May 2008
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