Teenager admits cooking hamster

A TEENAGER has admitted cooking a hamster in a microwave.

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Jan 2010, 20:31 BST

Updated 8th Jan 2010, 20:40 BST

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one count of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal at a hearing at Kettering Magistrates Court yesterday. A spokeswoman said the teenager, from Corby, Northamptonshire, will be sentenced on 5 February.