Daniel Williams, 30, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment at Norwich Crown Court on 26 April having pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to the following:
•Intentional suffocation – 14 months’ imprisonment.
•Threatening to disclose private sexual photographs and images with intent to cause distress – 2 months’ imprisonment to run concurrently.
•Two counts of sending an electronic communication containing a threat – 10 months’ and 6 months’ imprisonment to run consecutively.
•Two counts of damaging property – One month’s imprisonment for each count to run concurrently.
•Two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal – 24 months’ imprisonment to run consecutively and 24 months’ imprisonment to run concurrently.
In 2022 Williams carried out a number of crimes including entering a property in Lowestoft, and causing damage, before killing a pet cat and leaving one other with such serious injuries it had to be euthanised by a vet.
Other incidents included smashing windows of a business in the area as well as sending threatening messages to individuals that included threatening to assault someone with a baseball bat.
As well as the 54-month custodial sentence, Williams was also handed a 10-year disqualification order under Section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act, meaning he cannot own, keep or participate in the keeping of animals.
He was also made subject to a 10-year restraining order.
