A WINSFORD man has denied cooking a live hamster in a microwave.

Benjamin Hamlett, 20, of Arkwright Close, pleaded not guilty to causing unecessary suffering to a protected animal by putting it in the microwave, turining it on and throwing it at the house, when he appeared at Vale Royal Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, October, 7.

He was released on bail until his trial at the same court on December 15.