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Birmingham Liberal Democrat election candidate jailed for killing cat
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Mar 30, 2011 02:04pm |
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| Author | Birmingham Post |
| News Date | Friday, March 11, 2011 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A former Birmingham General Election candidate has been jailed for battering his family’s cat to death with a walking stick.
Mike Dixon, 53, who was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Northfield at last year’s poll, killed black and white cat Tipsy with repeated blows last May.
Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court heard he “lost his temper” and clubbed the feline to death at the family home in the town after the pet scratched one of his grandchildren.
In the same month Dixon gained 6,550 votes when he stood as a Lib Dem candidate in the General Election. He came third behind the Conservative candidate Keely Huxtable and Labour MP Richard Burden.
He admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a cat contrary to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and was jailed for 16 weeks.
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