article_snippet: But police refused to bring a prosecution because of ‘lack of evidence’ for an attack that condemned Farah the kitten to a slow, agonising death.
article_snippet: The 24-year-old medical student and Farah father took the kitten to a vet but Farah suffered ‘a very long, painful, lingering death’ from a ruptured bowel and blood poisoning, finally passing away on the operating table, Neil Tregarthen said.
article_snippet: The kitten, pictured right with one of the family's other pets,  died despite extensive treatment at the vets .
highlights_snippet: But officers dismissed a report which named a potential suspect as 'packed with rumour and speculation'
  Farah the kitten returned to owner's house wounded and bleeding to death .