#MostEvil | Jason Vernon Campbell, born 5 August 1988, of 24 Castle Mount, The Mount, Heswall, Wirral CH60 4RA – bought small animals from a pet shop to torture and kill. On March 16, 2021, Campbell confessed to having urges to harm people and animals and had recently acted upon them by torturing and killing two hamsters and a guinea pig. He confessed the crimes to a mental health worker, prompting an RSPCA investigation. Officers interviewed the owner of Pets Paradise on Seaview Road in Wallasey, who confirmed a man had bought two hamsters and one disabled guinea pig, who did not have the use of her rear legs, over a five-week period. In an interview Campbell said he had been in pain due to a prolapsed disc in his spine which had caused him to suffer depression and anxiety. On the first occasion Campbell, using a fake name, bought a hamster and while in his car tortured the animal, dismembering her. Two weeks later Campbell went back and bought another hamster and began flicking her before breaking her neck. After another two weeks he went back to the pet shop and bought a guinea pig at a reduced rate because she was disabled as her rear legs weren’t working. The court heard he broke all of the animal’s legs, her ribs and then her neck. Campbell admitted three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal on December 25, 2020 and on January 16 and January 27, 2021. Sentencing: jailed for eight weeks and banned from keeping animals for 10 years. Liverpool Echo