A woman has spoken of her horror after she found a cat that had been skewered with a stick and roasted on a disposable barbecue in Doncaster.

Diane Powney was on her way back from walking her dogs in Wheatley when she made the horrific discovery on Thursday, April 16.

The cat was in an alleyway at the back of Lincoln Road and almost made her vomit when she first saw it.

She said: "I was walking my dogs home from their daily walk and I was walking back to my house on Lincoln Road.

"There is an alleyway at the back and that's where I found it.

"It was behind the gates, at first I thought it was one of those stuffed animals so I just went over.

"When I realised what it was my first reaction was to vomit. I went into shock, then got my dogs into the garden where I just broke down in tears.

"It was on a disposable BBQ. It's head was resting on a tin can and also another one at the back end.

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"It looked like a rod had been skewered in its back end.

"It's poor little legs had burnt to the bone. I couldn't see what colour it was because it's fur was charred.

"But the look of terror on its face. My god. It was definitely alive when they did what they did.

"The little face of that cat will never leave me."

Ms Powney reported the incident to the police and RSPCA and gave a statement about what had happened.

The cat was later retrieved and taken to the pet crematorium.

Ms Powney added: "I spoke to my neighbour and he double bagged it up and put it in the bin.

"He didn't want to do that but because no one was answering we didn't know what to do.

"It really upset him too. He said he was sick to the stomach.

"A lady who collects RTA cats came a retrieved it. She took it to the pet crematorium who scanned it for a chip.

"It was someone's pet. I just hope they don't find out what happened. That would kill me if it was one of mine."

The RSPCA have been contacted for a comment.