West Ham’s Kurt Zouma banned from owning cats for 5 years

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Kurt Zouma has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping a cat. The West Ham defender, 27, was also banned from keeping cats for five years.

Yoan Zouma, 24, has also been sentenced to 140 hours of community service and banned from keeping cats for five years.

Kurt Zouma admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal by kicking it in the abdomen and slapping it on the head at Thames Magistrates’ Court last week.

Hazel Stevens, for the prosecution, said Kurt Zouma could be heard in the video saying:

“I swear I’ll kill it, I swear I’ll kill it.”

Ms Stevens said the 40-second clip appeared to have been recorded after the cats were blamed for damaging a chair.

“Kurt Zouma is determined to chastise or carry out some sort of retribution for the damage caused,” she said.

Ms Stevens added that the young woman who first saw the footage was so appalled that she cancelled a date with Yoan, saying: “I don’t think hitting a cat like that is OK – don’t bother coming today.”

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