{"id":1106555,"date":"2022-06-01T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/01\/kurt-zouma-sentenced-to-180-hours-of-community-service-for-kicking-cat\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:18:13","slug":"kurt-zouma-sentenced-to-180-hours-of-community-service-for-kicking-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/01\/kurt-zouma-sentenced-to-180-hours-of-community-service-for-kicking-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Zouma Sentenced To 180 Hours of Community Service For Kicking Cat |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kurt Zouma has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping a cat.<\/p>\n<p>The West Ham defender was also banned from keeping cats for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing footage of the incident, filmed at Zouma&#8217;s home and posted on Snapchat by his brother, Yoan, emerged in February.<\/p>\n<p>Zouma, 27, admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal by kicking it in the abdomen and slapping it on the head at Thames Magistrates&#8217; Court last week.<\/p>\n<p>In the footage, he kicks the Bengal cat across his kitchen before throwing a pair of shoes at it and slapping its head.<\/p>\n<p>His brother, 24, later sent the video to a woman he had been messaging who raised the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>Hazel Stevens, for the prosecution, said Kurt Zouma could be heard in the video saying: &#8220;I swear I&#8217;ll kill it, I swear I&#8217;ll kill it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Stevens said the 40-second clip appeared to have been recorded after the cats were blamed for damaging a chair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kurt Zouma is determined to chastise or carry out some sort of retribution for the damage caused,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Stevens added that the young woman who first saw the footage was so appalled that she cancelled a date with Yoan, saying: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think hitting a cat like that is OK &#8211; don&#8217;t bother coming today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: SkySports<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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