The resident of Stavropol was sentenced for killing a kitten. Complaint to the police was filed by his own grandson.
The teenager, who witnessed the crime decided to punish his grandfather for the brutality he showed in the presence of his minor brother.
Here are more details translated from SmartNews.ru:
The trial for the murder of kitten Willie lasted for five months and ended with the indictment of the 58-year-old Nikolai Pisarenko.
He was found guilty and received a year of corrective labor with 15% of the salary deducted to the state. In addition, the court satisfied the civil lawsuit of the defendant’s grandson Sergei Semenov for the sum of 8,000 rubles [ed: about $ 250].
Sergei says that everything started from the day when he presented a kitten to his younger brother:
I bought a kitten of the Scottish Fold breed as a gift to my younger brother. Willie lived in our apartments. My brother loved to play with him, the kitten was sweet and kind. But grandfather immediately disliked him. On the evening of April 26 he came home and got angry because the kitten has left a puddle. Grandfather grabbed him, struck several times on the floor and broke his neck. I even heard the crunch. And then he just threw a kitten from the balcony of the 10th floor.
According to Sergei, it happened in the presence of his brother who at that time was only one and a half years old. The child screamed in terror and cried.
The outraged elder grandson immediately called the police, and later decided to file the lawsuit against his grandfather. For Nikolai Pisarenko the criminal charges were opened under two articles: “Cruelty towards animals with the offense being committed in the presence of minors” and “Deliberate destruction of another’s property.”
The defendant did not immediately realize the seriousness of the situation and did not show up for the first hearing of the case. To the second hearing he was escorted under guard.
The spokesman of the Judicial District No. 1 of Stavropol, Marina Slyuchenko describes:
The defendant was given attorney by the state. During the process he had changed three defenders. When Pisarenko realized that he could face criminal penalties, he started denying his guilt.
Pisarenko continued to ignore all court hearings and the judge had to bring the witnesses. The verdict was based on the testimonies of the plaintiff’s mother (daughter-in-law of Nikolai Pisarenko), a neighbor and the 18-year-old grandson Sergei Semenov.
As a result, Nikolai Pisarenko was found guilty on two counts. Besides paying the fine, he will be “provided” with forced physical labor for the coming year.
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[ Note: in Russia it is the widely accepted practice to drown the newborn kittens in the bucket of water ]
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This grandfather is out of mind, but in childhood i remember that drowning kittens was normal.
I think the grandfather is just a nut. Drowning unwanted kittens is bad enough, but this is just seditious. I’m glad the grandfather got punished, but in my opinion not severely enough.
That was highly disturbing. Especially this whole drowning kittens thing. I’ve seen some pretty crazy treatment of cats in my life, so many ways they can die horribly. But doing it in front of a grandson, that’s just malicious. No matter how young he is, that will scar someone. Glad he was punished.
On my way to work today, I saw a dead kitten lying in blood near the sidewalk. Though I am not a pet lover, I felt dreadful to see such scene.
I tried to understand the old man’s behavior according to the circumstances, but I just can’t get it how he could be so violent and cruel, especially right in front of his grandsons.
God knows what they will suffer psychologically from then on.