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Lola was left unhurt by her ordeal
A woman filmed dumping a cat in a wheelie bin has been fined £250 after admitting a cruelty offence.
The RSPCA charged Mary Bale after CCTV cameras showed her throwing four-year-old Lola into a bin outside her owners' home in Coventry.
Bale, 45, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a cat. A charge of not providing the cat with a suitable environment was dropped.
The judge said she had taken Bale's vilification into account.
The CCTV footage showed Bale, a former bank worker, stroking Lola before picking her up by the scruff of her neck and dropping her into a wheelie bin.
District judge Caroline Goulborn said the potential for harm to the cat had been "substantial" but the reality was she had not been hurt.
"The media interest in this case has resulted in you being vilified in some quarters and I have taken that into account," she said.
Coventry Magistrates Court also heard that Bale's elderly father had been gravely ill at the time.
"I accept you were in a stressful situation at the time, but that's no excuse for what you did," Judge Goulborn said.
The incident took place in Brays Lane in August.
Bale's actions sparked outrage when Lola's owner Darryl Mann posted the footage on the internet.
He found the footage on his CCTV recorder while searching for the missing cat.
Within hours, angry messages had been posted online and later a Facebook page, reportedly calling for Bale's death, was removed.
Mr Mann, and his wife Stephanie, said they had been "stunned" by the public reaction to the footage and asked people not to take matters into their own hands.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Lola was left unhurt by her ordeal
A woman filmed dumping a cat in a wheelie bin has been fined £250 after admitting a cruelty offence.
The RSPCA charged Mary Bale after CCTV cameras showed her throwing four-year-old Lola into a bin outside her owners' home in Coventry.
Bale, 45, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a cat. A charge of not providing the cat with a suitable environment was dropped.
The judge said she had taken Bale's vilification into account.
The CCTV footage showed Bale, a former bank worker, stroking Lola before picking her up by the scruff of her neck and dropping her into a wheelie bin.
“I accept you were in a stressful situation at the time, but that's no excuse for what you did”
District judge Caroline Goulborn "The media interest in this case has resulted in you being vilified in some quarters and I have taken that into account," she said.
Coventry Magistrates Court also heard that Bale's elderly father had been gravely ill at the time.
"I accept you were in a stressful situation at the time, but that's no excuse for what you did," Judge Goulborn said.
The incident took place in Brays Lane in August.
Bale's actions sparked outrage when Lola's owner Darryl Mann posted the footage on the internet.
He found the footage on his CCTV recorder while searching for the missing cat.
Within hours, angry messages had been posted online and later a Facebook page, reportedly calling for Bale's death, was removed.
Mr Mann, and his wife Stephanie, said they had been "stunned" by the public reaction to the footage and asked people not to take matters into their own hands.
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.