LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A woman who took video of herself punching and kicking a kitten has been banned from having animals by a court in Newcastle, England.
Gosforth Magistrates Court heard the attack was "totally sadistic" and "totally unprovoked," Britain's Sky News reported Monday.
Nicola Collinson, 21, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the cat in January and has been given a lifetime ban from owning animals as well as 12-months community and supervision order and a six-month curfew.
The video shows Collinson and a 16-year-old friend laughing as they kicked and punched the cat.
"These images speak volumes," said prosecutor Clive McKeag. "The fact that they are carrying out these actions laughing and joking, and treating it as amusement, is an awful sight to see."
Collinson's only defense was that she was drunk at the time and could "hardly remember" the night.
