A pensioner killed a seagull with his walking stick after it tried to snatch his snack from Greggs bakery.

John Nicholson, 68, will have to pay over £1,000 after attacking the bird in revenge at losing his lunch.

The pensioner, from Gronant near Prestatyn, didn’t turn up for a trial at Llandudno magistrates’ court.

He was convicted in his absence of intentionally killing a wild bird at Rhyl last January and disorderly behaviour by being abusive to police.

CCTV footage of the incident showed seagulls swooping around the food dropped in the street.

Court chairman Alwyn Lloyd Ellis said the footage ‘clearly shows an act of intent by the defendant.

‘As a result the bird died.’

Nicholson had no previous convictions.

He was fined £180 for each of the two charges and ordered to pay £652 costs. 

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