Despite photos and a video which shocked the country the judge in Talavera said the two PP members were not guiltyPhoto taken from the video posted on the internet by the two men - Público The so called ‘Partido Popular cat killers case’ which came to light in February last year has been closed by the judge, who claimed that the death of the cats was the fruit of a hunt without any pleasure being taken. The ruling goes against the evidence of the photos and videos taken at the time of Jaime Ferrero, the then candidate for the PP in the Town Hall of Talavera de la Reina, who could be seen laughing with a friend displaying the tortured and dead cats to the camera. Ferrero and his friend, Juan Carlos Vázquez, organised the killing of the defenceless animals, taking photos of the bodies of the dead cats afterwards, smiling broadly. Later they placed a video on the internet. The publicity from the case led the Partido Popular to expel the two men from the party, and the Amnestía Animal organisation claimed that they had broken article 337 of the Penal Code with their behaviour, calling for a 3 month to year prison term.
