Appeal by the defendant from conviction at trial.
Accused strangled dog to death (breathlessness), claimed self-defence.
The trial judge rejected the appellant’s version of events and in particular rejected the position of the defence that the appellant was merely defending himself from what he claimed was unnecessary force. The only question then was whether the appellant caused unnecessary suffering to the dog. There was an evidentiary basis for the trial judge’s finding in that the appellant choked the dog.
Conviction upheld.