A WOULD-BE Lib Dem MP who speaks out on crime and policing is behind bars after battering his family cat to death

A WOULD-BE Lib Dem MP who speaks out on crime and policing is behind bars after battering his family cat to death — with a WALKING STICK.
Mike Dixon, 53, prospective parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Northfield, killed black and white cat Tipsy with repeated blows to the head and body in May last year.

He "lost his temper" and clubbed the feline to death at the family home in Kidderminster, Worcs, after the pet scratched one of his grandchildren.

In the same month Dixon gained 6,550 votes (15.66 per cent) when he stood as a Lib Dem candidate in the General Election.

He came third behind the Conservative candidate Keely Huxtable and Labour MP Richard Burden.

Dixon admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a cat contrary to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 at Kidderminster Magistrates Court and was jailed for 16 weeks.