CONVICTED (2023) | Jamie Straugheir (aka Jamie-Lee Straugheir), born 17 March 2022, of Victoria Road, Darlington but with strong links to Ipswich and Felixstowe in Suffolk – bit the head off a live hamster. Straugheir admitted biting the head off a domestic pet hamster on Christmas Eve 2022. He also pleaded guilty to charges of failing to surrender to police and failing to appear in court when he was expected on February 6, 2023. Sentencing | 26 weeks’ imprisonment. Disqualified from owning, keeping or participating in keeping pets for a period of 10 years but may apply for the order to be terminated as early as 2028. Gazette Live