The Politician Mentality - Candidate Beats Cat to Death With Stick

Would-be Lib Dem MP jailed for battering family cat to death with walking stick after it scratched his grandchild

A prospective Liberal Democrat MP who battered the family cat to death with a walking stick after it scratched one of his grandchildren, has been jailed.

Mike Dixon, 53, repeatedly hit Tipsy on the head after losing his temper in May last year - just days after the general election, the court heard.

It was a 'prolonged and awful' attack on the animal in the family home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, magistrates heard.

He was jailed for 16 weeks after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to the cat at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court yesterday.

In the General Election, Dixon gained 6,550 votes - 15.66 per cent - when he stood as a Lib Dem candidate in the Birmingham Northfield seat.

He came third behind the Conservative candidate Keely Huxtable and Labour MP Richard Burden.

The cat, who they had kept for five years, died in agony up to half an hour after being beaten by the prospective MP who speaks out on crime and policing.

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