Darlington's Jamie Straugher has been banned from keeping animals for ten years after biting a hamster's head off (file picture) (Image: PIXABAY)
A man who bit a pet hamster’s head off has been jailed and banned from keeping animals for ten years.
Jamie Straugher, of Victoria Road, Darlington, pleaded guilty to one charge of causing suffering to a protected animal on Christmas Eve.
He was also charged with failing to surrender and failing to appear at court.
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Straugher, 20, who appeared before Newton Aycliffe magistrates on Wednesday, admitted all of the offences and was jailed for 26 weeks.
Straugher was also given a ten-year disqualification order and is banned from owning, keeping, dealing or transporting animals.
He was also ordered to pay a court surcharge £154.
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