Sick drinker bites head off pet snake ‘in front of children’ in pub leaving staff ‘distraught’

PUB customers and staff were sickened when a thug drinker bit the head off a pet snake.

The incident was alleged to have taken place in front of children after a man brought in the reptile to show it off.

Cops were investigating after the act was filmed at The Sportsman’s Rest in Kingstanding, Birmingham, last Saturday.

West Midlands Police told a local newspaper: “We’re aware of the upset this would have caused to anyone who witnessed it.

“We are making enquiries and will pass on the video to the RSPCA who will carry out their own investigation.”

One witness said: “A guy brought his pet snake in. There were children there. Everyone was just enjoying the snake.”

An RSPCA spokesman said: “This is a distressing video and we are keen to speak to the person in the footage who appears to bite off the head of a snake in a pub, or anyone else with first-hand information. It is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering.”

A pub spokesman said: “We don’t want to comment. The staff are still traumatised.”