The man who tore the head off a kitten in front of his family has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
David Hamuera Snook has also been banned from owning or exercising animals for five years.
The Pukekohe District Court heard how Snook went to his former partner's house drunk, in November, where an argument happened.
Snook then sat at the dining table, took the family kitten in his arms, and while laughing, twisted its head off.
His former partner and her children watched Snook kill the kitten and its headless body run across the floor, according to the police summary of facts.
Congratulations to Judge Sharon McAuslan for imposing a decent sentence, given that the maximum penalty for this offence is three years. Perhaps the Corrections Department could arrange for Snook to spend some time with Gary Laurence McKinlay.
In the meantime, we again wish Simon Bridges well with his campaign to get tough on scumbags such as David Snook.
UPDATE: Here's another name for Simon Bridges' Wall of Shame - Te Ahu Aaron Mankelow - once again, don't follow the link if you're easily sickened. This guy may even be worse that David Snook!
7 comments:
We talk about animal behaviour but this human behaviour is worse.
I am absolutely sickened. I can't abide cruelty to animals, and to have such an act witnessed by children, I think he needs to be sentenced also for child abuse.
ZT- I agree!
There are some seriously twisted minds commenting on Farrar's post on Mankelow over at Kiwiblog.
They seem to equate Mankelow's actions either with the call of the wild or the killing of animals for consumption.
Such comparisons are unwarranted. What Mankelow did was out and out sadism.
This man is a sick f***. What he did is so outrageously horrific it beggars belief. Nobody that evil deserves to be living on this planet and should never be allowed to walk the streets again. What a pity there's no capital punishment because he deserves to be hung, drawn and quartered. What goes around comes around though, hopefully, so he's probably going to get exactly what he deserves one way or another.
This is apalling! Why someone would want to do this i have no idea. He is a sick man who needs to get his head straight! He should be banned from ever coming in contact with any animal for the rest of his life! Not 5 years!!
How could that man do such an animal cruelty in front of his family.
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