Kurt Zouma faces being charged by RSPCA within DAYS over vile cat attack

CAT-kicking Kurt Zouma faces being prosecuted inside days as RSPCA inspectors deal with their probe “at an unimaginable tempo”.

The West Ham defender, 27, has already been questioned by the charity’s officers, sources say.

Different witnesses have additionally been spoken to about footage of the footballer booting and slapping his pet.

He handed his two Bengal cats to RSPCA take care of well being checks and evaluation. It’s unlikely he’ll get the prized animals again.

Zouma — who performed for West Ham in opposition to Watford on Tuesday night time regardless of a fan backlash — has been fined the utmost two weeks’ wages by his membership.

Final night time, it was reported that he would characteristic in West Ham’s Premier League sport at Leicester on Sunday. It was beforehand believed that he can be dropped.

In the meantime, Zouma’s brother Yoan, who performs for Dagenham and Redbridge, has been suspended by the Nationwide League membership.

Defender Yoan, 23, filmed the abuse on his cellphone earlier than importing it to Snapchat.

‘Avalanche of complaints’

If prosecuted and convicted, £30million centre again Zouma faces punishments starting from a ban on proudly owning animals to a jail sentence, though that’s unlikely.

A supply stated: “The RSPCA has been working at an unimaginable tempo — even earlier than video of Zouma’s cat abuse went viral. There may be huge stress for them to be taking decisive motion after police handed them the lead on the investigation.

“In the event that they deem it extreme sufficient, Zouma could possibly be charged as shortly as subsequent week. There’s a variety of public anger over what occurred, and fairly rightly, however the investigation must be achieved to the ebook.”

The RSPCA has been “combing via an avalanche of complaints” from animal-lovers after we broke the story on Tuesday.

It stated final night time: “Two cats are in our care and have been seen by a vet and are being properly sorted. They may stay in our care whereas the investigation continues.”

French worldwide Zouma additionally faces potential authorized motion in France after an animal rights group lodged a criticism in Paris.

French residents will be prosecuted at residence for crimes dedicated overseas.