A COWARDLY teenager toyed with a hamster before throwing it against a wall and killing it, a court has heard.

Harry Clay, a student at Sparsholt College near Winchester, was given a 12-month supervision order after being found guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court.

The 19-year-old played catch with the dwarf hamster – called Podge – before hurling into a wall on the college campus.

For more, see next week's (Dec 17) Hampshire Chronicle.

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