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A Calgary lady who brutally tortured 9 cats, killing seven of them, has obtained a six-and-a-half 12 months sentence.
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Aleeta Raugust’s sentence units a benchmark for the longest animal abuse sentence in Canadian historical past, eclipsing the earlier mark of three years.
In March, the 26-year-old pleaded responsible to 9 prices involving animal abuse in addition to a cost of threatening to break property. She instructed police in January that she supposed to burn down her former residence on twentieth Avenue Southwest. During sentencing arguments, the Crown had requested Raugust be sentenced to eight to 10 years in custody in addition to a life-long prohibition from proudly owning animals.
Justice Mike Dinkel indicated such a sentence would doubtless be too extreme.
“You’re going to have to tell me at some point how that is not unduly harsh,” Justice Mike Dinkel instructed the Crown, “Maybe she should be in jail forever because she’s a psychopath, but I can’t do that. I can’t sentence her for fear of doing crimes in the future.”
In her psychological evaluation, Raugust was deemed an impulsive psychopath with little regret. The Crown stated public security is paramount on this case.
Raugust had knowledgeable police that she had bought the cats and kittens by means of postings on Kijiji, the web market, between 2018 and early 2023. She stated she purchased the animals with the intention of killing them.
Raugust instructed investigators and psychiatrists that she recorded the killings and repeatedly watched them because it gave her pleasure. She additionally left a few of the our bodies of the cats in public locations and watch the reactions of those that made the grisly discoveries.
The Crown learn an announcement from Raugust’s mom asking them to detain her daughter saying she will be able to’t perceive her daughter’s offences and “I fear that if she is released she will commit more horrific crimes.”
In his resolution, Justice Dinkel stated the full calculated sentence for the ten counts would have exceeded 12 years, however he elected to scale back the full to make sure the sentence wasn’t “crushing for a youthful offender.”
Taking into consideration her time already spent in custody, Raugust is to serve one other five-and-a-half years.
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