A man who poached a deer from a field in south London, took it home and slit its throat has been given a seven month suspended sentence.
Mian Zeeshan Shahid, 32, from Kenley, south London, was convicted of taking a deer and causing it unnecessary suffering.
He had boasted of the killing on a Facebook group called ‘Deer Stalkers International’.
Members of the group forwarded the post to the Metropolitan Police.
In December, he took the roe deer from a field in Mitchley Avenue, South Croydon, and drove it to his home.
He then killed the animal by cutting its throat.
Later that day, Shahid posted an update on a Facebook group devoted to legal deer-stalking, boasting of killing a deer and making “a good meal for 10”.
Source: BBC News
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