A Fife man who “drop-kicked” his girlfriend’s nine-week-old kitten while drunk at her house party has been jailed.
Gideon Stewart became abusive to his then-partner and her friends at the property in Dunfermline’s Bute Crescent.
He spat in her face and called her a “slag” when she told him to stop.
The 25-year-old appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court from custody to admit the offending, which took place on December 14 2020.
Sheriff Charles Macnair told him he was lucky not to have killed the defenceless animal during the violent outburst.
‘Drop-kicked’ kitten
Procurator fiscal depute Laura McManus told the court Stewart, of Dunfermline, was in his girlfriend’s home, where she was drinking with friends.
He began drinking alcohol and began acting aggressively as he “got drunker”.
At around 2am, he began to make sexually explicit abusive comments towards the group.
When his girlfriend asked him to stop, he spat in her face and verbally abused her.
Ms McManus continued: “The accused stated: ‘I’m going to smash all of you. You are all getting it’.
“He punched a wall and went into the hallway and picked up the complainer’s nine-week-old kitten and dropped it on his foot and kicked into the kitten.
“The kitten screeched.”
The fiscal depute said her friends described him as “drop-kicking the kitten.”
Stewart then punched a hole in a wall, threatened to “put his girlfriend through a window” and told her “she was nothing.”
Assaulted police officer
Police were called to the scene and found Stewart hiding in bed.
He was arrested and handcuffed and taken to Dunfermline police station.
When a constable tried to remove the cuffs, he spat on his arm.
Stewart pled guilty to kicking a kitten and causing it unnecessary suffering and assaulting his then-partner.
He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and assaulting a police officer.
Defence lawyer Brian Black said his client was “ashamed” and acknowledged anger management and alcohol have been problems for him.
Sheriff Charles Macnair told Stewart: “You kicked a defenceless animal and it was fortunate that animal seems to have survived the experience.”
He jailed Stewart for a total of 405 days, backdated to January 27 when he was remanded in custody.
He was also placed on a supervised release order for 200 days.
A non-harassment order was also made to not contact the complainer in this case for 18 months.
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