"Dafne Moran Toha, defending the 11-year-old boy, said his behaviour was due to his "lack of maturity" and "very young age"."

Fuck that bullshit. There are hundreds of millions of young people with little maturity across the entire globe, and hardly any of them decide it will be a good idea to murder small animals. These boys are mentally ill in some form or another and need therapy or meds of some sort.

It usually starts with animal cruelty when they're young. Then they move to people when they grow older.

Sociopathic killers in the making.

and although the boys were "of good character"

HAHAHAHA is this fucking satire???

They entered the areas they should not be in and can be seen throwing animals around, slamming them on the floor, stamping on them

Ms Toha said the boys "did not have any intention to hurt" the animals

What were they trying to do?

Good character my arse. Lock them in with some tigers.

"What happened?"

"Oh he drop kicked a hedgehog"

"And he's 11?"

"Yes"

"Right well morally I believe he should be eaten alive by a tiger or a lion"

"You might be a psychopath"

"So might he"

"Great"

"Great"

This reminds me of the time someone broke into Belfast Zoo and started throwing the animals to the lions

ITT: Vegan trolls using this thread as an excuse to attack people for caring about this incident but eat meat, rather than discussing how horrible this was. FFS people, not everything has to be about your agenda.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Two boys aged 11 and 12 have pleaded guilty to cruelty charges after more than 20 animals were killed during a burglary at an environmental college.

The court heard the boys also stole various animals from the environmental college including ferrets, guinea pigs and three snakes.

Prosecutor Vijay Khuttan said CCTV footage, which was not shown in court, displayed "extreme animal cruelty", and although the boys were "of good character" the offences represented a "significant jump into criminality".

He added he disputed the basis of the boys' guilty pleas, saying: "They are absolving themselves of practically any responsibility for the injuries and deaths of the animals."

Ms Toha said the boys "did not have any intention to hurt" the animals and her client was "very remorseful", adding that his actions were "completely out of character".

However, Dr Basra added that the court felt a hearing to discuss the basis of plea was not necessary because of the age of the boys, and the fact they were first-time offenders who "pleaded guilty on the first possible occasion".

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jfc