Man caught on camera kicking swan in Shinewater Park, Eastbourne

A MAN has been caught on camera kicking a swan in a public park.

Police said those who viewed the footage were “horrified”.

An officer issued a caution after the footage was discovered on social media of the man kicking a swan in Shinewater Park in Eastbourne.

He was arrested and interviewed in July as part of a police investigation into an S1 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 offence of intentionally injuring a wild bird.

The offence carries a maximum penalty of six months imprisonment and/or a fine, but the man was only given a caution as he expressed full remorse and had not been dealt with previously for a wildlife offence.