Another one who can burn in hell, why have people got it in for cats lately :dunno:
Housewife drowned eight cats in baby bath because she 'couldn't afford to phone the RSPCA'
A housewife is facing jail after drowning eight cats in a baby bath at her home.
Julie Carter told RSPCA staff that she couldn't afford the phone call to have the ******* rescued so ****** them one-by-one over a week.
Banbury magistrates court heard how the short-haired cats, aged between one and three years, would have met suffering and panic in the time it took them to die underwater.
Julie Carter kept 11 cats at her home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, where she lived with her seven-year-old ***
Carter, 43, admitted ******* the felines after she was told she had to get rid of some of the 11 cats she kept in her home which stank of cat *****.
RSPCA prosecutor Paddy Roche said: 'It (drowning) would have caused considerable distress to the ******.
'Death by this method is neither quick nor painless. It would have caused considerable suffering and panic would have ensued when they were put into the water.'
The court heard how an employee of Charter Community Housing, who owned the property where Carter lived with her seven-year-old ***, had gone round to carry out an inspection.
He was struck by a terrible smell of ***** and Carter told him she had 11 cats.
The inspector warned her that she would have to remove some of the ******* as the property was not suitable for either them or her ***.
RSPCA inspectors found one of the surviving cats on top of a wardrobe
'Not long afterwards Inspector Doug Davidson of the RSPCA went to the premises. It was three weeks later,' the prosecutor said.
'He said he heard that she had a lot of cats to which Carter said they had been put down. She was evasive initially, saying that a vet had put them down.
'He was not happy with the explanation and was also aware of a strong smell of *****.
'There was a cat litter tray under the stairs that was overflowing with cat ****** and there were three cats in the kitchen.
'When asked what happened to the other eight she said they had been put to *****. At that point he cautioned her. He asked '"Did you do it" she said "yes".
'She said she had drowned them in the bath, she didn't feel she had any choice.'
Carter told Inspector Davidson that there had been a struggle and she had a plaster on one of her fingers after one of the cats bit her.
'She held them by the scruff of the neck as she drowned them and she hadn't contacted any ****** charities because she didn't have any money to put on her phone,' Mr Roche said.
'She said she drowned them over a week and was hoping to keep the last three. She also said it took five seconds for each one to die but the inspector expressed disbelief.
'Asked if they panicked and felt ******, she said "probably, I did try to calm them."'
The baby bath which Carter used to drown eight of her pets
Five of the dead cats were then buried in a black bin liner in her garden and the other three she buried at her ******'s house.
Warning Carter that she could face a prison sentence, magistrate Paul Rayment said: 'Because of the seriousness of the case we have ruled out nothing at all.
'Some of the aggravating features are that you ****** eight domestic ******* over a period of a week and it was a deliberate act and you weren't truthful when you were first asked by the inspector.
'They were not kittens. They were between one and three years of age and you had a small ***** on the premises when these offences took place.'
Defending Carter, Chris Reynolds said: 'This is an extremely sad, distressing and serious case. I don't try in any way to lessen what has happened because Ms Carter recognises she is in an extremely difficult and serious position.'
Carter, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, was released on unconditional bail until October 29 when she will be sentenced.
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