Man who brutally killed two herring gulls before impaling one on a fence is jailed
Date of alert:
Monday 10 October 2022
Crime Ref:
Force:
Northumbria Police
Johnston begins a custodial term after the incident in Sunderland earlier this year
A man who brutally killed two herring gulls before impaling one on a fence has been jailed.
Terrence Johnston cruelly attacked the chicks on a street in Sunderland in July this year.
The 41-year-old climbed a fence and caught a young gull before killing it and impaling it on the railings.
Minutes later, he then grabbed a second bird, swung it around and hit it off a surface before throwing it over the fence – causing fatal injuries.
Johnston, of Lewis Crescent, Sunderland, was subsequently arrested and later admitted the killing of two wild birds when he appeared before magistrates in South Tyneside last Monday (October 3).
On the same day, he was jailed for 16 weeks.
