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Man jailed for stabbing snake in head with screwdriver A MAN has been jailed for stabbing a snake in the head with a screwdriver. Michael McCann, 36, of Belgrave Terrace, South Shields, was due to appear before court on Friday for sentencing having been charged with one offence under the Animal Welfare Act after stabbing a 3ft-long boa constrictor in the head with a screwdriver. The case was heard and proven in his absence on a previous date at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court.
RSPCA Inspector Rachael Hurst launched an investigation after being contacted about the incident at a multiple occupancy house for homeless residents in South Shields on 28 May 2020.
South Shields man jailed after stabbing snake in the head with a screwdriver
Michael McCann has also been banned from keeping animals for ten years following the sickening incident
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