Odessa

From the Canadian Press:

CAMROSE, Alta. — Two 16-year-old Alberta boys who admitted to breaking into a neighbour's house, putting the family cat in a microwave and then watching it cook to death have been sentenced to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service.

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“The cat was screaming in the microwave for 10 minutes while it was essentially cooked to death,” said Crown prosecutor John Laluk.

“What makes it worse is they not only tortured the cat, but they wanted to torture the family. This was a deliberate attempt to inflict pain on the homeowners.”

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But the most disturbing crime was described in a felt-pen scrawl on the kitchen window and cabinets: “You had a nice cat” and “it's in the microwave.”

Inside was the family's pet, Princess.

And a year PROBATION and 100 hrs of community service are their sentences? What kind of namby pamby punishment is that? Oh wait, they can't have a pet for two years and one family has to give up its dog - boo fucking hoo.

Chris Millsap, the other defence lawyer, described his client as a gifted musician who plays in the church band.

“There's no explanation ... for such a heinous crime,” said Mr. Millsap. “He's a very good kid who did something very wrong.”

Umm, yeah. I don't define a kid that can listen to and participate in a cat being cooked to death "very good".

If it was my cat, I'm not so sure I would be willing to sit by and see light sentences like this. The mastermind behind this will likely kill a human at some point in the future - that will likely get someone's attention.

There were five boys total involved and Mr. Millsap says they all have "life sentence" due to the stigma of the incident. One of the boys family has moved away. Again, boo fucking hoo. I'm sure Princess's family will be stricken for the rest of their life with the memory of what they saw when they came home from vacation.