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| Prosecutor(s): | Gary Holt, Terry Nickerson | | Judge(s): | Pam Williams, Anne Derrick |
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Case #16054 Rating: 3.0 out of 5
Cat sexually assaulted
Dartmouth, NS (CA)Incident Date: Saturday, Jan 16, 2010
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: 16 year-old-boy
Case Updates: 2 update(s) available
A Dartmouth teenager was arrested on the weekend for allegedly trying to have sex with the family cat.
The 16-year-old boy appeared in Halifax youth court today on charges of bestiality, causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, breaching an undertaking and two counts of breaching a youth sentence.
Crown attorney Gary Holt told Judge Pam Williams he was opposed to the boy's release.
The boy will remain in custody at the Nova Scotia Youth Facility in Waterville until Feb. 18, when he returns to court for a bail hearing.
The teenager's identity is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
His mother reported him to the authorities Saturday morning after she discovered evidence that the cat had been sexually abused.
The cat was examined at the Metro Animal Emergency Clinic in Dartmouth's Burnside Park.
"It's a serious offence," Mr. Holt said of the allegation of bestiality. "It's one that we don't see very often ... in any court."
Mr. Holt said this is the first bestiality case he's dealt with in 29 years as a prosecutor.
The boy has been charged with sex offences before.
He was sentenced in December to six months of deferred custody and supervision in the community for sexual assault.
He's also scheduled to go to trial May 3 on 10 charges, including single counts of sexual assault and committing an indecent act.
Case UpdatesA Dartmouth teen has been sentenced to 14 months in jail and a year of probation for a variety of offenses including sexual assault, assault and bestiality.
The sentence, handed down by Judge Anne Derrick on Wednesday,is in addition to four months of credit for time the teen has spent on remand.
The 16-year-old pleaded guilty in May to those charges along with unlawfully being in a dwelling and breaching probation.
The court heard at a sentencing last Oct. 12 that the teen grabbed the right buttock of a woman who lived in his neighborhood. He didn't know the victim.
"The serious part is that he came back three days later to, quote, "apologize" and he tried to force his way into her house," Crown attorney Terry Nickerson said. "She was pushed right in the doorway. She ran out with her dog and her cell phone and he ran into her house and ran upstairs."
The teen was on probation for another crime in January of this year when his mother came home and found his clothes in a pile in the bathroom with some cat hair and feces on them. She found a condom wrapper on the floor, and the family cat was curled up in the garage, skittish, and it seemed to be in pain, Crown attorney Terry Nickerson said. What she saw led her to believe that the boy had done something to the cat.
The teen's mother called his probation officer, who contacted police. They arrested him, and he made a statement admitting to the incident, Nickerson said.
Nickerson told court the teen "has breached every court order he has ever been on."
At the sentencing, Judy Lightfoot, a youth court mental health liaison with the IWK Health Centre, told court the teen has a wide variety of underlying issues including problems with social skills, moods and attachment issues.
She said the boy is getting along well with a psychiatrist who is working with him at the Waterville youth correctional center.
The same boy was in the news in September 2008 after he knocked a disabled senior citizen out of his motorized wheelchair, kicked him and stole his cellphone. | Source: thechronicleherald.ca - Sep 2, 2010
Update posted on Jun 11, 2011 - 9:10PM |
A Nova Scotia judge has ordered a psychiatric assessment for a teenage boy who sexually assaulted a woman and a cat.
The 16-year-old from Dartmouth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to five charges on Monday. He will remain in custody until he is sentenced.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 9, but there could be delays while the court awaits various reports.
Four of the charges â€" sexual assault, assault, forcible entry into a home and breaching probation â€" relate to incidents last October. In one case, the teen grabbed a woman's buttocks, then went to her home a few days later and pushed her.
The boy sexually abused his family cat on Jan. 16, while on deferred custody for a previous conviction.
The judge ordered an assessment to determine whether he can be placed in the Initiative for Sexually Aggressive Youth, a treatment program at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax for youth with sexually inappropriate behavior.
There's a waiting list, which means the teen may not be seen before August, the Crown prosecutor told the court. | Source: cbc.ca - May 3, 2010
Update posted on Jun 11, 2011 - 8:59PM |
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