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A Pennsylvania man told a court on Monday that he beat his cats to death with a golf club because he felt betrayed when they scratched him. According to The Erie Times-News, 32-year-old Christopher J. Bisbee pleaded guilty in Erie County Court to one second-degree misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals. Other counts of animal cruelty were dropped as part of a plea deal.
Bisbee told the court that he struck both cats numerous times with a golf club until they no longer were moving. The Humane Society began an investigation in June of 2013 after receiving a tip implicating Bisbee in the cat deaths. Humane Society Animal Enforcement Officer Merle Wolfgang filed charges after retrieving the dead cat bodies from a trash can, and determining that they died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Bisbees attorney, Stephen Sebald, said that his client had proactively sought mental health counseling. Bisbee had also applied to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, which allows first-time offenders to be sentenced to probation. But he was not admitted to the program.
Bisbee now faces two years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 7. As a part of the plea deal, Bisbee agreed not to own any domestic animals while serving out his sentence. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/23/pennsylvania-man-beats-his-cats-to-death-with-a-golf-club-because-they-betrayed-him/
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The story is eerie.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Wonder what he'll do next time a human betrays him...
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)And I'm being kind here, because I'd really like five minutes in a room with him and a golf club.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Christopher Bisbee Cat Beater
big_dog
(4,144 posts)no mercy, looks ilke a dangerous dude
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)along the way...sick phuck...I'd have more sympathy if I really thought this guy had issues, which he might, right now I'm leaning towards he's just a nasty sadistic phuck.
REP
(21,691 posts)That's not an excuse or a reason.