THWACK Little bastard kicked that puppy like a football. The vet who put it down said injuries were consistent with being crushed by a car. The boy was just 13, and when prosecuted left court waving 'n' smiling at local press, paltry fine a badge of honour, 'street cred' raised by the column inch. Psychiatrists claim, that a child's cruelty to animals can signal the thin end of a very bloody wedge: ask Dahmer, Bundy, Manson etc. Well, I don't know about that, but when I see his hideous mother cursing and spitting at reporters, I'm sorry, but a large part of me hopes her last words go something like - "Honey, what are you going to do with that hammer ???"