WEYMOUTH, Mass. — A Weymouth woman who told Boston 25 News she would never harm her pet kitten, admitted Thursday to stomping the animal to death in a drunken rage.
Eleanor Campbell, 38, pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge the same day her trial was set to begin at Quincy District Court.
Campbell's neighbors called police on November 4, 2016 following a disturbance at their apartment on Saunders Street.
According to the police report, an officer at the scene found "a small kitten with what appeared to be a broken neck with blood splattered out of its head and neck area. The kitten appeared to be stomped or flatted by someone."
Police said they later determined blood on Campbell's socks and legs confirmed she was the one who stomped on and killed the three-pound kitten.
Boston 25 News caught up with Campbell days after her arrest. When we asked Campbell if she killed her cat, named Pumpkin, she told us, "That's insane. That's so wrong. I did not and I could not – if I knew anybody who did do that, I would be on top of them."
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Campbell told us, at the time, she flipped out after she said her neighbor ran over Pumpkin in their driveway.
As for police, Campbell told us, "They got it completely wrong. It's insane. I can't believe people would believe I would do that. I am a good person."
The judge imposed the sentence recommend by the prosecution: one-year in the house of correction, six-months committed with the balance suspended for two-years. Campbell isn't allowed to have animals during that time/ She must also undergo a mental health evaluation and complete any recommended treatment.
Campbell was taken into custody at the courthouse to begin serving her sentence.