Guest guest Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20021001p2a00m0fp001000c.html Cat abuser faces jail FUKUOKA -- A man who has admitted to giving a live broadcast of his brutal abuse of a cat faces a rare jail term with prosecutors asking the Fukuoka District Court to sentence him to 6 months imprisonment. Prosecutors asked the court to find Jun Matsubara guilty of animal abuse and to send him to prison instead of issuing a fine, as is usually the case with offenders. Prosecutors took the rare step of demanding a prison term because they deemed the alleged abuse Matsubara unleashed was of extreme cruelty. The 27-year-old from Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, is accused of slicing the ears and tail off a cat during a live broadcast over the Internet. " His crime was evil, asking those who watched the live broadcast whether he should first cut off the cat's ears or its tail, " a prosecutor told the court. " His actions have deeply affected society. " Matsubara has pleaded guilty to the charges. " I began to attack myself for failing to live up to the expectations of my boss at work and writing about my abuse of animals became a way for me to feel better, " Matsubara told the court. " I'd pick up this stray cat and washed it, but when it pooped in my bath, I felt as though it had betrayed me. I decided to take out my anger toward the cat by abusing it. " (Mainichi Shimbun, Oct. 1, 2002) New DSL Internet Access from SBC & http://sbc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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