82-YEAR-OLD FINED FOR CRUEL CAT TRAP IN FIFE
An 82-year-old caused a cat hours of suffering after it became snared in a cruel trap outside Fife home.William Froude was hit with a hefty compensation order after he admitted utilising a gin trap – a device outlawed in the UK almost 70 years ago.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard how the cat became trapped in the device between October 6-7 2024 outside Froude’s home on Carslogie Road, Cupar.
The pensioner pled guilty to a single charge of causing the cat unnecessary suffering.
Gin traps have spring-operated jaws with teeth that snap shut and have been illegal in the UK since 1958.
Sheriff Eric Brown ordered Froude to pay £3,600 in compensation to the cat’s owner, who lives nearby.
