A MAN who drowned four kittens during an incident in Exmouth has received a suspended jail term.
Glenn Williams, 44, previously of Exmouth but now living in Pendennis Road, Torquay, was committed to prison for 18 weeks suspended for 12 months after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to animals by drowning four kittens during an incident in Exmouth on or around September 20 last year.
He was order to pay £50 costs and was disqualified from owning or keeping animals for three years. Magistrates said only a suspended jail term could be justified because of his actions.