A 33-year-old binman who drank a cocktail containing four live fish has walked free from court after admitting animal cruelty.
Paul Wooding, from Ross-on-Wye, was sentenced by Hereford magistrates over two offences linked to the online Neknominate craze.
He was handed an 18-month conditional discharge for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and failing to protect the fish.
The prosecution was brought by the RSPCA after Wooding posted video of the incident on his Facebook page.
In the video, he announced "this is my Neknominate" before downing a pint glass of wine, gin, vodka, rum and lemonade - together with the fish.
Wooding was watched by a group of friends He then nominated four other people to join the drinking game.
Rafe Turner, prosecuting, said professional vet confirmed that "the fish have been caused pain, based on the video evidence".
The Neknominate phenomenon is thought to have started in Australia, with Wooding thought to be the fifth such court case in the UK.
After being interviewed about the video, Wooding later wrote on Facebook: "Some people's lives must be that sad and boring, to get any excitement they have to report me to the RSPCA for my Neknominate."
Wooding proudly diisplays the fish cocktail Wooding told investigators he had been nominated to drink by friends and "something was going around to get some fish, to make it different".
Mr Turner said he told the RSPCA the fish were "little minnows" and he had got them out of his friend's fish tank an hour before carrying out the act.
Wooding said he had drunk about eight pints and six double gins before downing the cocktail at the Golf Inn, in Ross.
His lawyer Chris Morgan questioned why the case had made it to court when cautions had been issued for "other similar matters".
He added: "Yes, those fish may have experienced pain and then died, but they are small fish, nothing more."
Wooding was also ordered to pay £500 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
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