Overview

• Judge Hina Rai imposed detention terms of 12 months for the boy and nine months for the girl after condemning the crimes as among the most horrific she had encountered.
• Investigators found two kittens mutilated in Ruislip—one suspended from a tree with entrails exposed and the other bearing burn marks—and recovered knives, scissors and blowtorches at the scene.
• Phone records revealed the boy’s premeditated intent to kill, with notes describing how he tortured cats to curb homicidal urges.
• The girl, whose personality was described as borderline, posted an online ad to buy kittens and downloaded graphic images of cat mutilations before the attacks.
• British police are probing possible ties to an alleged international kitten torture video network as the RSPCA reports a 42% rise in cat cruelty cases since 2021 and a 27% spike in online animal abuse videos this year.