London: Mian Shahid (32), was jailed for 4 months, suspended for two years and given 200 hours community service, after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and taking a deer without consent.
The poacher is alleged to have dragged an injured deer into his car and filmed himself killing it, then eating it for Christmas dinner.
The court was told how he posted pictures of the dead animal on Facebook and boasted that it had “made a good meal for ten”.
The police were informed by a woman who had witnessed Shahid dragging the deer from a field into his car, on 23rd December 2014.
The police raided his property in Kenley, south London, and found a video of the deer recorded on his iPad.
Mian Shahid's defence, Ovais Kadri said that Shahid “enjoys the company of animals” and how he had no intention of doing anything similar again.
