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Kurt Zouma's sentence slammed as a "slap on the wrist" after cat-kick shame
West Ham United star faced up to five years behind bars after he was filmed volleying his Bengal puss, throwing a pair of shoes at it and slapping its head vowing: "I swear I’ll kill it." A judge said the disgraceful and reprehensible "attack caused the cat stress and anxiety".Zouma, 27, who admitted two animal cruelty charges, was ordered on Wednesday to do 180 hours of unpaid community work and banned from keeping cats for five years.His brother Yoan, 24, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge and posted the 40-second clip on Snapchat with laughing emojis, got 140 hours after admitting aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring his sibling to commit a crime.The brothers were ordered to pay £8,887 costs and £95 surcharges. Sentencing at Thames Magistrates Court District Judge Susan Holdham told French international defender Kurt he had gratuitously kicked and slapped the animal "for his own amusement"."The cat looked up to you to care for its needs.
