Woman fined €500 for abandoning cat in Paceville

Romina Delia-Guntrip, 38, was today fined €500 after being convicted of abandoning a kitten in Paceville. Ms Delia-Guntrip told Magistrate Carol Peralta that she had acquired the kitten but subsequently realised she could not take of it because her daughter had asthma. She therefore took the cat to Paceville because, she said, she had heard that several people took care of cats there. Magistrate Carol Peralta said this was not the way to dispose of unwanted pets and there were proper channels to do so. He fined her €500.