18 month sentence for mutilating a young hedgehog

[Catherine]

A 56 year old man has been given an 18 month sentence for animal cruelty. He is also banned from owning animals for 20 years.
The RSPCA investigated him and found the hedgehog in a drawer under the bed. The drawer was covered in blood and the hedgehog was seriously injured.
Sadly the hedgehog didn't make it. The injuries were too great.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge11wkqq08o

Eighteen months doesn't seem like much when you think of the sadistic cruelty that the hedgehog endured.
Who knows how long that little animal lived in terror and suffering.  I am not sure this man should ever be out.
He will do it again as soon as he can. I am wondering how they plan to keep him from having animals for the next twenty years.
I wonder if we will be reading about him in a couple of years.