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Richard Keys SLAMS 'ridiculous' Karren Brady and West Ham for trying to 'excuse' Kurt Zouma... as the ex-Sky Sports man states the cat-kicking defender's actions are 'not like a driving offence'

Richard Keys has slammed West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady after she called for forgiveness for cat-kicking defender Kurt Zouma.

Footage of Zouma hitting and kicking his pet cat was released on social media earlier this week and caused huge controversy, with many calling for the Hammers to sack the 27-year-old.

The Premier League side publicly condemned Zouma and fined him two weeks’ wages worth £250,000, but David Moyes still selected the French international for the game against Watford on Tuesday night.

Richard Keys (left) slammed Karren Brady for her views on cat-kicking defender Kurt Zouma
Brady wrote in her column for The Sun that people should forgive Zouma, who is 'remorseful'

Writing in her column for The Sun on Friday, Brady said that there was ‘no defence’ for Zouma’s actions, but that she values ‘the fundamental human qualities of forgiveness and redemption’.