Man, 31, is banned from driving after ploughing through gaggle of geese and killing seven of them

A man who drove a car through a gaggle of geese - killing seven of them - has been banned from driving, but spared jail. Abraham Andemariam, 31, showed a 'clear disregard for the animals in the road', a court heard.

Magistrates were told birds were left dying and others had awful injuries with 'skin torn away from their limbs', but Andemariam drove away after the incident in Warrington in July.

The court heard the registration plate of a black Hyundai car he was driving was captured on a Ring doorbell and passed on to police, who tracked him down at work where officers found feathers on the bonnet. Residents who witnessed the carnage were left distressed at the scene, magistrates heard.

Former Amazon worker Andemariam, of Asbridge Street, Toxteth, Liverpool, was found guilty in his absence in September of seven charges of intentionally killing a wild bird, namely a Greylag Goose, driving without due care and attention and driving without an MOT certificate.

At Liverpool magistrates court, he was jailed for 12 weeks, suspended for 12 months. Andemariam was also banned from driving for six months, ordered to complete 50 hours of unpaid work in the community and pay costs totalling £234 at £20 a month. The court heard he was sacked as a result of the incident.

Tom Quirk, prosecuting, said the incident happened at about 7 am on July 15 on Omega Boulevard in Great Sankey, Warrington, after Andemariam drove around a roundabout.

Mr Quirk said Andemariam 'drove through a flock of geese, killing seven of them' and a woman nearby 'saw the birds suffering on the floor, causing her some distress'. "The birds were dying and also had dramatic injuries, with skin torn away from their limbs," said the prosecutor.

"The defendant went to