Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Partner of Fife thug living in fear after cat’s head incident

Post Thumbnail

The partner of a Fife yob who put a pet cat’s head in his mouth and bit down is living in fear after receiving abuse.

A video of Craig Mills beating the defenceless animal – which later died – was secretly filmed by his partner David Walker.

 

The disturbing footage helped land Mills, currently living in Lumphinnans, Fife, in court earlier this month where he admitted abusing and killing two-year-old Pippa, including by throwing her against a wall.

Mills’ former partner, David Walker, has now released his footage in a bid to prove he had nothing to do with the horrendous cruelty inflicted on the animal.

David, 29, is in hiding and living in fear after being verbally abused by locals who wrongly believe he was “in on” the attacks.

David’s video clearly shows Mills, 22, apparently unaware of the camera, gripping the cat and striking it hard on the body with his hand.

The camera is moved and Mills can be seen again, still holding Pippa, and delivering several more blows.

After the ninth blow, Mills can clearly be heard twice screaming at the cat: “Who are you hissing at?”

He then forces the front half of the cat’s head into his mouth and bites.

The desperate animal manages to spring clear, appearing to leave Mills with a possible injury to the side of his face.

Mills then gets up to leave the room and a clearly shocked David is seen recovering the camera.

On July 7, at Dunfermline Sheriff Court, Mills admitted “acts of cruelty against a family cat, Pippa, in that you did restrain said cat on your knee, distressing it, and cause it to urinate, thereafter repeatedly punch and slap said cat, put its head in your mouth and bite it, forcibly throw it against a wall and kill said cat”.

The incidents happened between April 9 and September 30 2015, at the home the couple shared in Lochgelly, Fife.

The charge stated that Mills, who is due to be sentenced next month, had behaved “in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm”.

David said he had been forced to move away from his home, in fear of his life, after vandals daubed “cat killer” and “grass” on the windows.

He described the covert filming of his former partner as “the only way” he could get evidence of Mills’ cruelty.

David said: “He actually hammered me and smashed my phone as soon as I told him I’d got him doing that. Luckily I saved it on to my Google Drive. He’s a sick and twisted individual.”

He added: “My mum and dad show breed dogs and my sister runs her own grooming business. I’ve been brought up with animals – I’d never hurt them.”

Mills could not be contacted for comment.