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A man 'obsessed' with animal cruelty caught wild pigeons, rats and a fox before filming them fighting it out to the death with vicious predators.

Lee Guy, 42, admitted a series of offences after being charged by the RSPCA.

Investigators found footage of him feeding wild rats to dogs and feral pigeons to ferrets.

He also caused an animal fight between a fox and three dogs.

Guy and his dad Ronald also admitted a charge of 'inhumanely' slaughtering chickens.

RSPCA officers uncovered grim videos of animal torture after raiding the pair's allotment in Birkenhead.

Chris Murphy, prosecuting, said: “Warrants were executed at the allotment and as a result the different home addresses were searched.

“Films and DVDs were recovered and phones with footage of the various animal incidents referred to were on those.”

RSPCA officer Anthony Joynes described the case as the worst one of its kind he had ever dealt with.

He said: “This case involves nothing short of animal torture.

“I have spent hours and hours examining the footage of what has gone on here.

“Lee Guy is clearly obsessed with the interaction between predator and prey, even to the point that I could hear laughter in the background.”

The offences took place between November 1, 2011, and June 6, 2013.

The pair will be sentenced on March 5.