Toby Humphreys, 22, of the Queens Hotel, Porthmadog, and 19-year-old Jac Parry Roberts, of Pensyflog, were locked up for eight weeks after pleading guilty to the sickening attack on 17 August last year by Caernarfon Magistrates this week.
The magistrates were shown horrific footage which had been filmed on a mobile phone and graphic photographs.
Humphreys was accused of holding down the animal and strangling it with his hands as the roe deer kicked its legs, trying to escape.
But prosecutor Mel Hughes said the animal had been bitten by a dog before 19-year-old Jac Parry Roberts is seen on the recording punching it hard in the face.
Mr Hughes said Humphreys stood on the deer’s neck and a female voice asked: “What’s that sh*t coming out of it?”
Roberts was accused of slitting the animal’s throat with a knife.
“The deer appears to be alive and conscious throughout,” said the prosecutor.
Rural crime officer Sgt Rob Taylor said: “This was a horrific investigation and very disturbing. When I watched the video on the mobile phone I felt physically sick, I’m appalled by what I saw — it was extremely cruel. I still feel sick thinking about it now.”
At least three other people were involved in the horror, one holding a lamp and another filming the scene.
Humphreys' attorney tried to excuse his horrific behavior by saying Humphreys suffered from ADHD and had been hunting rabbits when the dog caught the deer.
I'm sorry but the millions of people who live with ADHD would argue that having it does not make you a psychopathic killer who enjoys torturing animals.
Deborah Davies, solicitor for unemployed Roberts, said he was under the care of the mental health team. The probation officer said he was a drug user and spent £20 a day on cannabis.
The prosecutor said the cruelty came to light in December when police searching for drugs at a Porthmadog property had seized mobile phones and examined them.
(cambrian-news.co.uk - May 21, 2015)
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