A TEEN girl and boy have pleaded guilty to torturing, killing then dismembering two kittens after CCTV showed them fleeing.
The vile pair used a rope to tie the defenceless animals up before “mutilating”;; them.
One of the kittens was found cut open on the ground in Ruislip, North West , while the other was hanging from a tree.
Footage released by showed the girl, 16, and 17-year-old boy strolling through a residential street.
The boy could be seen clutching a bag that is believed to have been used to carry the kittens.
CCTV then captured the twisted pair running back down the same street after killing the baby cats.
The defendants today appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ .
They pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the protected animals by “mutilating and killing”;; them.
The teens, who legally can’t be named, also admitted one count of possession of a knife.
Prosecutor Valerie Benjamin told the court members of the public had earlier seen the boy with the animal carrier on May 3.
They “became concerned”;; when they later saw him and the 16-year-old girl running away.
The court heard knives, blowtorches and scissors were also found at the scene.
After the kittens were found, police appealed for information and released CCTV.
Two other teens, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty were released without charge.
