Shocking photos show teenager booting cat like a football and repeatedly punching pet dog in the face - but hooligan is only given 'rehabilitation order' by court



The 16-year-old repeatedly punched Staffordshire bull terrier during attack

He pinned it down in a chair before hitting it in the head, stomach and face

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also caught kicking cat



He admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the animals at Luton court

Magistrate banned him from keeping any kind of animal for rest of his life

Violent teen only handed an 18-month Rehabilitation order for sick crime



A teenager who was caught on camera repeatedly punching a dog in the face and kicking a cat in a series of brutal attacks was only handed a rehabilitation order in court today.



In shocking video footage, which was filmed at a house in Luton, Bedfordshire, in September last year, the 16-year-old can be seen punching a terrified Staffordshire Bull terrier in the face.

In another video the youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, can be seen kicking a cat in the head.

Scroll down for video



In the footage, which was filmed at a house in Luton, Bedfordshire, in September last year, the teenager can be seen putting the terrified Staffordshire bull terrier in a chair before hitting it in the head and stomach

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been banned from keeping animals for life after carrying out the unprovoked attacks on the innocent pets

The dog, called Tyler, was left with a bleeding eye after being subjected to the attack during which it was held down by the neck

The teenager pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals under the Animal Welfare Act when he appeared at Luton Magistrates’ Court today.

Despite his horrific crimes, he was handed just an 18-month Youth Rehabilitation Order, including a three-month daily curfew from 7pm to 7am.

He was also banned from keeping any animals for the rest of his life.



Video footage of the teenager abusing animals emerged after police officers, who were investigating another matter, found video clips on his mobile phone and passed it onto the RSCPA.

The youth had saved one of the horrific attacks under a file name of ‘LOL’, slang speak for ‘laugh out loud’.

In the first video the violent teen puts the dog, called Tyler, i n a chair. He then punches it in the head and stomach before kneeing it in the face.

WARNING: Graphic content some viewers may find disturbing

A vet said the dog is likely to have suffered extreme distress and bruising, as well as soft tissue trauma and damage to the ribs, facial nerves and trachea in the horrific attack

The teenager pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to animals when he appeared at Luton Magistrates' Court

The dog was left with a bleeding eye after being subjected to the attack - during which it was held down by the neck.

A vet said the dog is also likely to have suffered extreme distress and bruising, as well as soft tissue trauma and damage to the ribs, facial nerves and trachea in the horrific attack.



In another video, filmed in April last year, the youth can be seen forcefully kicking a tortoiseshell cat in the head.

A vet said the distressed cat would have suffered bruising and soft tissue trauma, as well as possible physical trauma to the pelvis and bladder.

RSPCA inspector Stephanie Law said both of the distressing attacks were ‘utterly abhorrent’.

She said: ‘I have seen a lot of horrible things in my job, but I felt physically ill watching this footage, it was so distressing.

‘I just couldn’t help flinching each time each one of these animals was so brutally attacked.

In another video, filmed in April last year, the youth can be seen forcefully kicking a tortoiseshell cat in the head

A vet said the distressed cat would have suffered bruising and soft tissue trauma, as well as possible physical trauma to the pelvis and bladder The teenager was handed an 18-month Youth Rehabilitation Order and banned from keeping any animals for the rest of his life for the brutal attacks He saved this footage of him kicking a cat in the head under the file name of 'LOL' - 'laugh out loud' - on his mobile phone

‘What makes it even worse is that he seems to have seen this gratuitous violence as some form of entertainment.

‘Not only did he film it on his phone, but saved it under the title “LOL”.

‘Thank goodness a lifetime disqualification was put in place to prevent other animals from suffering a similar fate.’