Thug who killed a family cat by slamming her onto the ground in a car park avoids jail 

This is the horrifying moment when a man was caught on CCTV brutally killing a family cat in a school parking lot.

Tomasz Zimny ​​attacked 12-year-old feline Millie – swinging her over his shoulder and knocking her to the ground.

The 40-year-old returned moments later to kick the tragic cat one more time before driving away from the academy school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Poor Millie dragged herself under some nearby pallets where she died on March 17 last year.

Zimny ​​had worked as a cleaner at Cleeve School for seven years before the attack, but resigned shortly afterwards.

He was banned for life from keeping cats and given an 18-week suspended prison sentence at Cheltenham Magistrates Court.

RSPCA inspector Richard Carr said: ‘The footage shows him almost between the pallets when he catches her, and from behind he grabs either a hind leg or tail and swings her over his shoulder, before slamming her back down with great force. swings and slams her to the ground.

“Obviously she’s injured and unable to move, but she’s alive.

He takes a few steps away – but comes back and then seems to kick her when she should already be in pain.

“You can see her moving a few more times, but then she’s motionless for a few seconds before dragging herself under the pallets.”

The incident took place in the parking lot of the sports complex, where Zimny ​​went to pick up his girlfriend.

He had let their two dogs out of the car – who chased Millie and were followed by Zimny ​​from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Zimny’s partner, Ewa Siebida, 43, worked for the school for ten years before resigning as a cleaning supervisor on the same day.

Speaking on behalf of Zimny ​​- who used a translator in court and is originally from Kostrzyn, Poland – to MailOnline: ‘He didn’t want to kill the cat. He didn’t get in there and he didn’t intend to.

“They wouldn’t have hurt the cat, but they’d barked pretty loudly in the parking lot. The cat had run away and hid under a cleaning machine. I was going to get a dog and Tomasz was gone because one of them is just a young one.

She ran after the cat and crawled under the machine. Tomasz went to get the cat under the machine and put his hand under it.

‘The cat – probably because he was scared – he bites Tomasz, he cuts his hand and Tomasz has taken his hand out from under the machine with the cat on his hand.

‘He didn’t know. There was simply no time – he didn’t think about what he was doing. It was just a reaction on his part.

“The cat bit him on the hand and he just reacted automatically because he didn’t know how to remove the cat, so he just hit it on the floor.”

She now works in a bakery while Zimny ​​is self-employed building.

The incident was partially witnessed by a witness who went to look at the cat and could see her halfway out from under the pallets and machinery.

She was still and didn’t move when he touched her, so he rushed her to a vet.

Millie’s family was traced through her microchip and notified of her death the next day.

At the time, it was believed that this was the result of a dog attack.

However, the school’s principal reviewed CCTV footage covering the parking lot and passed on the footage of Zimny’s actions to the police and RSPCA.

Mrs. Siebida continued, “I said [to him]”Can you put yourself in the situation and imagine how you would feel if this happened to one of your dogs?”

“He understands this and he knows about this. He didn’t want to do this.

‘He doesn’t even want to think about it. He knows what it would be like for him if he were in that situation.’

She added: “I said it wasn’t necessary and he totally agrees. He didn’t want to do this. But he did. He didn’t want this situation to turn out like this.

“He’s quite reactive – so he can react and doesn’t think first.

And now he knows to stop for a moment and think what to do and not immediately: boom! with a cat.’

‘It went so fast. I was there and not five feet away and I hadn’t seen it. It was only two and a half minutes after Tomasz came into the parking lot.

It was unnecessary for everyone. This made us leave the job, it affected our lives and it will stay in the head. It won’t be easy.’

Millie’s body was exhumed for an autopsy which found a number of traumatic injuries, including rib fractures, a collapsed lung, partial dislocation of three spinal joints, and bleeding into the lung.

She continued, “I got those statements from the family about Millie and read them from top to bottom. It breaks your heart when you use words like that.

“It was really bad so I don’t think the family will be happy that Tomasz has been in court and I don’t think this will be enough for them.

“I was surprised myself that he was treated so well. To me it was the best he could get out of the situation.

“I imagine this is very serious and very serious, especially in England. I expected it to be very bad. I even expected him to go to jail. This is what we expected. We are prepared for anything.’

Lawyer Lindi Meyer, prosecuting for the RSPCA, said: ‘Millie did not die immediately but was then kicked by Zimny ​​and then dragged herself under the taste buds where she died from her extensive injuries shortly after his actions were premeditated and out evil vengeance.’

Zimney claimed he was bitten by Millie and said that because his dogs barked at her, he thought the cat was attacking them.

He was sentenced to a lifetime cat ban, 18 weeks suspended prison sentence, 12 months probation and 150 hours community service.