Connors was convicted of uttering threats to kill an animal contrary to s. 264.1(1))(c), of the Criminal Code. He appealed this conviction but failed to raise questions of law.
Accused was convicted after trial of uttering threats to kill an animal. He received a conditional discharge and 1 year probation. There had been issues with the dogs on the complainant’s property. The accused told the complainants that if they didn’t get rid of the dogs he was going to and he hates dogs and he was going to kill the dogs if they didn’t clean up after them.
Accused testified and denied the threats. The trial judge accepted the evidence of the Crown witnesses and convicted the accused.
Trial judge’s sentence of a conditional discharge and one year of unsupervised probation is upheld.
Defendant’s leave to appeal is denied.