Cat killer locked up
The Age
Wednesday February 3, 2010
A MELBOURNE teenager who killed a beloved family cat by hanging it from a Craigieburn bridge has been sentenced to four months in youth detention.In sentencing the boy, 15, yesterday, a Children's Court magistrate described the killing of the elderly pet as one of the most shocking cases he had seen in 20 years on the bench.The magistrate said he owed it to the community to place the teenager in a youth justice centre, despite a report stating the youth should not be detained.
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