The Carlisle Crown Court judge described their brutality as “incomprehensible”.
Two women in Britain have been convicted of ‘sadistically’ killing a friend’s parrot, according to a report in the British newspaper The Guardian. BBC. Nicola Bradley and Tracy Dixon of Carlisle killed the female African gray parrot during a prolonged drinking session. The BBC said the two women sprayed Sparky the parrot with cleaning products and put her in a clothes dryer before breaking her neck. The Carlisle Crown Court judge described their brutality as “incomprehensible” and announced a 25-month prison sentence for each.
Sparky’s owner Paul Crooks told the court he now suffers from anxiety, panic attacks and trouble sleeping. BBC report.
Mr Crooks said the incident happened on July 30 last year when he gave the women a lift to his home after a drunken night.
The man said he had left the house to go shopping, but when he got home he found Sparky no longer and unrecognizable, her head hanging limp from a cage.
Mr Crooks said the parrot was popular with his friends for singing the national anthem and TV soap theme songs.
According to The guardthe court heard the women tried to feed Sparky to Crooks’ dog before putting the parrot in a clothes dryer that was turned on.
Women were forbidden to own or keep animals indefinitely.
“In terms of Sparky not being around anymore, it hasn’t been the same without her,” said the owner, Mr Crooks. “It’s so quiet in the house now without her and she’s been a huge miss.”
