Dad said ‘let them die’ while throwing daughter’s kittens off bridge

The kittens survived their ordeal (Picture: Getty)

A father who drunkenly threw his daughter’s pet kittens into the River Thames has avoided prison.

Andrew Shephard, 59, was helping his daughter rehome the three young cats when he tipped them from a box into the water from Twickenham Bridge, south-west London, last November.

As he did, he could be heard shouting ‘let them die’ and ‘I want them to die’, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard.

Shephard, who previously pleaded...