A woman has avoided jail after flushing her pet monkey down the toilet and offering it cocaine. Shocking footage shows Vicki Holland trying to ply the marmoset with drugs and the terrified pet clinging to the side of a toilet bowl.
The 38-year-old, from Newport, South Wales, pleaded guilty to three Animal Welfare Act offences on November 18. READ MORE: These included two charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of failing to undertake the duty of a person responsible for an animal to ensure its welfare.
Holland was given a 12-week jail term suspended for 12 months and must also pay £420 in costs and a £128 victim surcharge. She has also been banned from keeping animals for the rest of her life.
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