Frustrated that cats didn't want to go near him when he wanted to play with them, Fajar Ashraf Ali hurled one down from the sixth storey of an HDB block.
As if that wasn't appalling enough, he went down to where the cat laid dying at the foot of Block 884 along Tampines Street 83. After finding that it was still (barely) alive, he slammed it on the ground in an effort to snuff out the cat's life for good.
According to various media reports, the 25-year-old has since pleaded guilty to two charges of animal cruelty yesterday — over eight months since the case horrified cat lovers across the island.