The defendant placed a condom on his dog’s penis to stop him from ‘humping and ejaculating.’
Animal welfare receives an aggressive dog that is determined to have a condom tied around it’s penis resulting in extensive damage and the ultimate euthanasia of the dog. Subsequent investigation reveals the accused was responsible. Accused initially provided an exculpatory version of events but then admitted his involvement and claimed he had done it to try and curb the dog’s bad behaviour and his intention was remove the condom, however, the dog ran away and during his search for the dog he suffered a heart attack and was brought to hospital. It was verified the accused suffered a heart attack and the vet estimate for the time the condom was attached fit with the accused’s version of events.
At time of offence the accused was on parole for manslaughter, but had been complying with parole. He suffered mental health issues and was in sustained drug addiction remission.
Sentence: 4 months jail, 2 years probation, 5 year animal prohibition