{"id":27038,"date":"2024-01-22T05:40:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T10:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27038"},"modified":"2024-01-22T05:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T10:40:25","slug":"brothers-who-tortured-animals-on-camera-and-terrorised-new-forest-residents-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/01\/22\/brothers-who-tortured-animals-on-camera-and-terrorised-new-forest-residents-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers who tortured animals on camera and ‘terrorised’ New Forest residents jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two brothers who filmed themselves torturing animals and “terrorised” residents in the Hampshire area have been jailed for a total of eight years and eight months.<\/p>\n

Siblings Kristen Cooper, 24, and Todd Cooper, 29, were sentenced to jail for assault, animal cruelty and possession of offensive weapons.<\/p>\n

Videos found on Kristen’s phone showed the pair harming various animals during the night, which a vet called the “worst case of animal cruelty” they had seen in 24 years in the profession.<\/p>\n

The younger brother caused suffering to deer and hares and in some cases he would encourage dogs to attack the wild animals.<\/p>\n

Kristen admitted seven offences of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, and was disqualified from owning a dog for 10 years. He was sentenced to two years in prison in relation to these charges.<\/p>\n

Todd admitted an animal cruelty offence that involved him and his brother holding down a deer while he struck it over the head with a blunt object. Todd was sentenced to eight months behind bars in relation to the offence.<\/p>\n

During their trial in August for assault and weapons offences, the court heard how the brothers, along with an accomplice, chased a man into a shop, pushed him to the floor and fired a catapult his way.<\/p>\n

There were no resulting injuries from the incident, but the trio fled the scene.<\/p>\n

On the evening of the same day, the brothers rammed an SUV into the back of a Vauxhall Astra – pushing it into a parked car – then vandalised the vehicle using a crowbar, baseball bat and a ball bearing fired from a catapult.<\/p>\n

They were found guilty of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of making threats to cause injury with offensive weapons and one count of criminal damage – and each jailed for three years in relation to these offences.<\/p>\n

Sergeant Paul Buckland, of the Criminal Investigation Department, said the incident would have been “extremely traumatic for the victims”.<\/p>\n

He added: “It is abundantly clear that these two men believed they could terrorise New Forest residents with impunity, with a total disregard for any consequences.”<\/p>\n

On the wildlife abuse, Angharad Thomas, Crown Prosecution Service Wessex Wildlife lead, said: “This was a shocking case, involving unimaginable violence and cruelty to animals on a level that I have, thankfully, rarely seen before.”<\/p>\n

Kristen’s total sentence is five years, and Todd’s is three years and eight months.<\/p>\n

Both men will serve at least half of their sentence before being eligible for release on licence.<\/p>\n

Kristen will also be subject to a criminal behaviour order for 10 years, and he and Todd are bound by a restraining order, to prevent them from having any contact with their two victims.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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