Overview
- CCTV captured Anthony Nurse kicking at gulls on Springfield Road, Blackpool, on December 17, 2024, and stamping on one bird three times, killing it.
- The footage was sent to the RSPCA, which issued a public appeal that led to Nurse being identified.
- Nurse, 31, of Hurstlyn Road in Allerton, Liverpool, initially denied involvement before pleading guilty on August 20 to an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
- Preston Magistrates' Court sentenced him to six weeks in prison on November 19 after he was arrested for unrelated offences.
- RSPCA inspector Daniel Tomlinson collected the bird’s remains and said the charity receives a report of deliberate or extreme cruelty to gulls about every three days.