WARNING: PHOTO OF FRIED HAMSTER BELOW
• Hammered student cooked housemate’s hamster in frying pan
• James White was so drunk he was “on the point of madness”
• He narrowly escaped jail because hamster may have been dead before he cooked it.
It was a quiet day spent running on her wheel and rolling in sawdust.
So imagine the horror for the Syrian hamster who was COOKED in a frying pan by a drunken politics student.
York student James White was so drunk he was “on the point of madness” when he fried his housemate’s beloved pet.
White, 21, landed 120 hours of community service after pleading guilty at Selby magistrate’s court.
James White was drunk “on the point of madness”
He escaped jail after lawyers failed to prove the animal was alive when put on the hob. The hamster may have already died from White’s rough handling.
District judge Roy Anderson told him: “What happened that night is still shrouded in mystery. By virtue of your treatment of this small, unfortunate rodent you have destroyed your good character and acquired a criminal conviction.
The story is a haunting echo of The Sun’s infamous front page: ‘Freddie Starr ate my hamster’
“It is accepted now that there was rough handling of that animal but it could not be established that it was putting it in the frying pan and applying heat that caused its death.
“Had that sadistic conduct been established I would be dealing with you in a far more serious way than I am.”
Earlier the prosecution told how police were called to White’s halls on February 2. When they arrived they noticed a strong smell coming from the kitchen. A frying pan containing a dead hamster was sitting next to the hob.
A blind drunk White confessed to officers he had cooked the creature, but began acting even more strange – answering “1,2,3,4” when asked for his name.
White was banned from keeping animals from eight years and fined £1,000 in costs.
Photo issued by the RSPCA
A York University spokesman said: “We note the decision of the court. As this matter has not been raised formally as a disciplinary issue under university regulations, we propose to take no further action.”
Thought this was our new NUS Delegate, what a letdown.
By virtue of your treatment of this small, unfortunate rodent you have destroyed your good character and acquired a criminal conviction.
You deserve the same pain you inflicted on this innocent being. 8 years what a joke when will we as a country punish these people for what they have done. Of this was a child they would be jailed for life but apparently animals are considered less. Rot in hell you sick excuse for a human.
It is generally considered quite a bit worse to cook human beings.
Fried Hamster is considered something of a delicacy round these parts. #RomanStyle
Society says it is but actually how is it?
Have you ever squashed a spider?
…fined £1000 in costs for a hamster?
In response to “but seriously” you sicken me too a hamster is a life and I am pretty sure that in some nations you can buy a child for £5 so in that light we should only charge child abusers with the same slap dash approach.???
I have read two posts by “Kirsty” and already think you must be a joke person
Joke I am not you on the other hand are. Just shows the low scum
legal costs. You know, those things you have to pay when you take things to court. Those things that typically the losing party pays.
Yeah, that.
Please someone, post his address online so that he can be dealt with properly
Mate, I’ve already got this shit covered
I agree if we as a nation publish sex offenders address then we should do the same for these awful sick cretins. In response to “but seriously” you sicken me too a hamster is a life and I am pretty sure that in some nations you can buy a child for £5 so in that light we should only charge child abusers with the same slap dash approach.???
Here, have some of mine:
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Commenting on a issue like this and all you can do is comment on my grammar!! Clearly heartless.
shut up
Wow your super intellegent two words together you astound me! Now for making a sentence if its not too much stress for you!!!
Please don’t attack someone’s intelligence whilst exhibiting such poor grammar.
When you actually grow up and no longer live with mummy dearest I will count you worthy of my time and worth listening to, until such a time keep cuddling your mummy.
Well, that’s one inference too far, sonny boy! You’re nicked.
*You’re
http://www.youryoure.com/
Seems we have our work cut out for us here. Might as well outsource ourselves to G4S and be done with it…
I think you are confusing heartlessness with a commitment to good grammar. My colleague on comma patrol was merely pointing out some deficiencies in written communication which we hope will be rectified in future comments.
See name…
And to think York university is willing to support such a person and take no action says as much for them as James white himself.
Totally behind you. Poor show as a uni
how do these commenters stumble onto the tab?
It’s just a pun on the well known headline “Jasper carrot ate my hamster”.
Maybe because the Internet is a wonderful thing!! Stumble we did not although I guess uni is all about stumbling around so ……… Ok it’s ground you are sure of!
Shame you haven’t managed to pull it off
Clearly he didn’t eat the hamster… I mean there’s a picture of it and everything.
I read your comment, glanced at the URL which reads
“http://cambridge.tab.co.uk/2013/03/07/james-white-nearly-ate-my-hamster/”
and was about to lambast you for your idiocy. Then I read the page title which omits the “nearly”. Thank God I checked.
i assume kirsty’s not a fan of lobster then…
was right not to let him into Life
He comments where he wants/Nick Harris is going national/ he comments where he wants
Alex Jackman. Yeah I made the call. #GoatPostFame #HeadyHeights
That is one flat hamster.
Lets fry that fucker up!!
This is disgusting!
Would have been much nicer with some kind of tomato source…