A labourer has been banned from keeping or handling fish after being filmed swallowing a goldfish and washing it down with a can of Strongbow . Luke Berry posted a video of himself on social media attempting to down the creature three times after a day of heavy drinking . The 26-year-old from Farringdon , Oxon , was reported to police after RSPCA investigators found the clip online . He was branded 'uncivilised and disgusting ' in front of magistrates in Oxford and banned from keeping or handling fish in future . Scroll down for video . Luke Berry was banned from keeping or handling fish after a video of him downing a goldfish with a can of Strongbow was reported to police . In the video titled 'Here fishy fishy ' , the 26-year-old coughs the creature up three times before swallowing it whole . During the video , Berry coughs up the squirming fish three times before swallowing it whole . Dressed in an Arsenal football shirt and clutching a can of Strongbow cider , he is seen downing the fish before showing his empty mouth to the camera . The clip , titled Here Fishy Fishy , was reported to police following an RSPCA investigation . Prosecutor Paddy Roche said : 'This case arises as a consequence of the RSPCA getting wind of a video that had been posted on Facebook . The labourer 's lawyer said he was 'ashamed ' of his behaviour and had been encouraged by friends . 'He was extremely intoxicated at the time . He was egged on . He fully accepts what has happened , ' said Alice Dodds . She added the 26-year-old , who receives £70 a week in benefits , had overcome a background of 'heavy drinking ' before filming the video . Berry was ordered to pay a £500 fine after being described by magistrates as 'disgusting ' . Presiding magistrate Iain McCoubrey said Berry could be punished with a 12 month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work . The labourer looked jubilant after being let off with a fine and banning order preventing him from owning fish for five years . 'We are sentencing you for an act of animal cruelty . 'It was a particularly disgusting thing to do , in particular filming it and posting it on Facebook was uncivilised . It was unacceptable . 'This offence of animal cruelty is serious enough for us to make a community order . You will have to comply with an order to carry out unpaid work . ' He was banned for keeping or handling fish for five years . Speaking after the sentencing , the RSPCA 's Inspector Andy Eddy said : 'We are very satisfied with the sentence . 'It demonstrates that it is unacceptable to behave in this way , to cruelly treat an animal in this fashion , and then post it online for entertainment . '
Luke Berry was filmed downing the goldfish in clip posted on social media . The 26-year-old coughed up squirming creature before swallowing it whole . Clip was reported to police by RSPCA investigators who found it online . A man has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly threw a dog into a swimming pool and left her for dead.