THESE videos show the shocking moment a Wirral woman leaves her home with a laundry bag containing eight cats - which she dumped and left to die.

Fortunately the animals - five kittens and three adults -survived after the bag was discovered by a passer-by.

CCTV cameras had recorded Susan Maude leaving her Tranmere home with the bag at around midnight on August 6 and returning empty-handed a short while later.

She was prosecuted by the RSPCA and the case was presented at Birkenhead Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

But Maude did not attend, leading to her being found guilty in her absence.

A warrant has now been issued for her arrest for sentencing, Wirral RSPCA Inspector Anthony Joynes said: “If they had not been found when they were we could easily have been dealing with a bag full of dead animals.

"The eight cats and kittens were covered in faeces and urine and were suffering with stress and exhaustion when they were discovered.

“They were dumped without any regard at all for their welfare in a place where they were unlikely to be found.

“This is completely unacceptable - on every level.”

Maude faced two charges under the Animal Welfare Act for failing to ensure a suitable environment for the animals and failing to protect them from pain, suffering, injury or disease.

It is understood she now lives in Yorkshire.