Snake owner dumped three pythons in bin outside SCHOOL after he 'snapped' when cost of heating their tanks soared | The Sun

AN exotic pet owner dumped three royal pythons in a bin outside a school, a court heard.

Samuel Newton, 35, is said to have snapped after the cost of heating the snakes’ tanks increased.

He stuffed the 5ft, non-venomous reptiles in carrier bags and drove to St Augustine’s secondary in Scarborough, North Yorks.

He then abandoned them in a cast iron litter bin because it was a public place where he hoped they would soon be found.

Two were recovered after someone raised the alarm at 3.15pm, six hours after they were dumped on June 29 — a school day.

The third was found near the same spot the next day. Newton, of Scarborough, came forward following a police appeal.

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Ian Brickman, in mitigation at the town’s magistrates’ court, said: “He was struggling to provide the snakes with the time needed for their care and struggling with the cost of heating.

"He says he simply snapped.”

Newton admitted abandoning the snakes and was banned from keeping reptiles for seven years.

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