ITV fined for animal cruelty

ITV was fined for animal cruelty after contestants on I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat, the Australian RSPCA said yesterday.

Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo and Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning killed the animal with a knife when they were left without meat on the series.

Chief Inspector David O Shannessy, from the RSPCA, said ITV was fined AUS $3,000 (€1,900) and will pay $2,576 in costs.