Woman fined for dumping cat in bin

A WOMAN who was caught on CCTV dumping a cat in a wheelie bin was fined £250 (€285) yesterday after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the animal.

Woman fined for dumping cat in bin

Former bank worker Mary Bale, 45, from Coventry, became an international hate figure in August after CCTV footage emerged of her stroking the four-year-old tabby before picking it up and dropping it into the bin.

She admitted the charge of causing unnecessary suffering when she appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

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