EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE: Undated handout photo issued by the RSPCA of a Syrian hamster that was fried by James White, 21, who admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the hamster at Selby Magistrates’ Court and has been ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid of work in the community. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday March 7, 2013. Selby Magistrates’ Court heard White had drunk so much in his flat in York he was “on the point of madness” and could not remember what happened. District Judge Anderson said it was clear the hamster did not die of natural causes and there was a degree of mystery about the incident. See PA story COURTS Hamster. Photo credit should read: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire