Should the rabbit mutilator go free?
October 31st 2006 01:59
We are quick to rush to the defence of our young drug smugglers, caught in the seemingly barbaric legal system of the Asian countries where they have been caught and tried, some of them facing death, in the western view the crime hardly fits the punishment, but when we hear about the crimes committed by people using drugs it puts things in perspective.
Brendan Mcmahon is one of these people - addicted to methamphetamine (Ice) he was charged and convicted of aggravated cruelty against eighteen animals(17 rabbits, 1 guinea pig), and one act of bestiality against a rabbit in July and August 2005. In magistrate Ian Barnett's view this is one of the 'worst-case scenarios of aggravated cruelty to animals', a sentiment echoed by the RSPCA.
What is disturbing about this case is not only McMahon's lack of remorse but the blatant manner in which it occurred, he committed these atrocious acts not in the privacy of his home, or an isolated place away from prying eyes, he murdered these animals in his York Street office in downtown Sydney, only his carelessness in disposing of the bodies led to his arrest, he dumped one of the bodies in a bin in the men's toilets where he worked, only to be found by a worker in the building who alerted the police, was McMahon so high on 'ice' that he didn't care about where he left his victims, or did he, like so many of his murdering ilk, want to get caught [ Click here to read more ]
Brendan Mcmahon is one of these people - addicted to methamphetamine (Ice) he was charged and convicted of aggravated cruelty against eighteen animals(17 rabbits, 1 guinea pig), and one act of bestiality against a rabbit in July and August 2005. In magistrate Ian Barnett's view this is one of the 'worst-case scenarios of aggravated cruelty to animals', a sentiment echoed by the RSPCA.
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