Lifetime pet ban for woman who kicked kitten

A WOMAN who sent a video to friends of her punching and drop-kicking a kitten like a rugby ball was yesterday banned for life from keeping animals.

Nicola Collinson, 21, who was filmed attacking the young black and white cat in a street in January, pleaded guilty earlier this month to causing unnecessary suffering to the animal.

She was sentenced at Gosforth Magistrates’ Court in Newcastle to a 12-month community and supervision order, and a six-month curfew from 7pm to 7am, on top of the lifetime ban.