A “LONELY” teenager who stole a pet cat before filming himself drowning it in a sink has been jailed.

Connor Foster, 19, found the cat in Ambleside Drive, Southend on March 18 and took it home before killing the poor animal.

The teenager, of Stanier Close, Southend, then put the dead pet in a bag and hung it over a fence.

After killing the animal, he filmed himself pretending to do CPR on the lifeless body.

He was jailed for three months yesterday after appearing at Basildon Magistrates’ Court.

Prosecuting, Ashley Petchey, summarised a victim impact statement from the owners of the cat.

He said: “The owner and her stepsons are devastated. The cat was owned by her partner who died of cancer and the family was just healing.

“It was the last physical contact with the father and they say to Foster the cat was nothing more than a toy but he was priceless to them.

“Whe the cat was dead he filmed himself playing with it and doing sarcastic gestures doing CPR saying he had done a good job.”

Mitigating, Christopher Holt, told the court Foster was lonely and a troubled teenager.

He said: “He’s a very troubled young man who committed a very serious matter which leaves a bad taste in everyone’s mouth.”

Sentencing Foster, Elizabeth Hunter, chairman of the magistrates’ bench said: “This is a very nasty offence deliberately causing suffering to this cat.

“We’ve heard the distress caused to this family.

“Clearly you have a lot of problems.

“I sentence you to 12 weeks in prison, you will be banned from keeping animals.” He must pay £228 in costs and compensation.