West Ham star Kurt Zouma gets to face cleaning our canals in full view of the public as part of 180-hour community service for animal cruelty
- The 27-year-old Premier League footballer was banned from keeping cats for five years
- A Snapchat clip shared in February showed him slapping and kicking his pet
- The defender was also fined around £9,000 after throwing the cat in the kitchen
Cat-kicking West Ham star Kurt Zouma Garbage pickers face after being sentenced to 180 hours of community service for animal cruelty.
Premier League The 27-year-old footballer was banned from keeping cats for five years after sharing a video of him slapping and kicking his pet.
The defender was also fined nearly £9,000 after throwing the cat in the kitchen before throwing his shoes on and saying: ‘I swear I’ll kill it.’
Probation officers reportedly told Zouma and his 24-year-old brother Yoann that the community service would take place in public.
West Ham star Kurt Zouma (above) faces littering after being sentenced to 180 hours of community service for animal cruelty
This may include shoveling, picking up garbage, maintaining the ground, painting or cleaning graffiti.
a source told Sun: ‘This should be a big wake-up call for anyone in the public eye that if you do bad things you will be treated like anyone else.
‘If he cleans the canals he only blames himself. Celebrities always think they get better treatment when they do wrong.
‘This time it’s not going to happen.’
The 27-year-old Premier League footballer was banned from keeping cats for five years after a video was shared that showed him slapping and kicking his pet.
The cat was also fined around £9,000 after throwing the cat in the kitchen before throwing shoes at the defender and saying: ‘I swear I’ll kill it’
The Snapchat clip, from February this year, featured animal lovers and football fans laughing and disgusted and was filmed by brother Yoann.
A father of four pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates Court in east London to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat, to causing the family pet to damage a chair.
His two Bengal male cats – which can cost up to £1,500 – have since been signed by the RSPCA to live again.
District Judge Susan Hold’em said: ‘You both participated in this disgusting and reprehensible act with this pet cat.
‘The cat looked to you to look after his needs. You did not meet its requirements on that date of February.
‘You must know that others look up to you and that many young people aspire to emulate you.’
Probation officers reportedly told Zouma and his brother Yoann (pictured), 24, that community service would be public
Image: Zouma’s two Bengal cats to be reintroduced by the RSPCA later this year
Zouma was assigned 180 hours of community service and asked to pay court costs of around £9,000 and banned from keeping or caring for cats for five years. Yoan was ordered to perform 140 hours of community service.
A West Ham club spokesman said: ‘West Ham United would like to make it clear that we strongly condemn any form of animal abuse or cruelty.
‘This type of behavior is unacceptable and is not in line with the values of the football club.
‘Within 48 hours after the footage arrived, we imposed the maximum fine available to the club on Kurt.
‘Every penny of this money is now with several worthy charities, all dedicated to animal welfare.’
In a statement, RSPCA Chief Inspectorate Officer Dermot Murphy said: ‘We hope this case will serve as a reminder that all animals should be treated with kindness, compassion and respect, and that we will not tolerate cruelty by anyone. Will not tolerate.’
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