http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/23/kitten-killed-microwaveA woman faces jail after been convicted of killing a kitten by microwaving it after falling out with the animal's owner.
Gina Robins, 31, put the pet into the microwave while at the home of its owner, Sarah Knutton.
Knutton heard a loud popping noise "like a crisp packet being popped", followed by a "screeching" noise. When she went into the kitchen and saw what had happened to the kitten she was sick in the sink.
Magistrates in Torbay, Devon, were told that shortly before the incident Knutton, 30, had made a complaint about Robins's partner.
After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: "Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma."
Iain O'Donnell, prosecuting for the RSPCA, said: "It is our case that the defendant put the kitten in the microwave and cooked it to death."
Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
