A person has pleaded not responsible to animal cruelty by allegedly endangering the lifetime of a “small black kitten” in Dublin.
Gheorghe Negoita (44), of Belgard Road, Tallaght, is accused of an offence beneath part 12 of the Animal, Health and Welfare Act.
The cost alleges the accused endangered “the lifetime of a small black kitten” throughout an incident on October eleventh, 2022, at North King Street in Dublin metropolis centre.
Garda Aine McQuillan informed Dublin District Court she had charged him final month with an offence beneath part 12 of the Animal, Health and Welfare Act.
He has pleaded not responsible, and Judge Mark O’Connell adjourned the case for point out in May, when he might be given a listening to date.
Gda McQuillan informed the courtroom the waste assortment employee, who listened to the proceedings with the assistance of a Romanian interpreter, “was given a real copy of the cost sheet, and made no reply to the cost”.
Earlier, the garda utilized to the courtroom to impose a bail time period which required him to not have “any protected animal in his care”.
However, Mr Negoita’s solicitor efficiently objected, noting his consumer had already been granted bail with out situations when he was charged.
None of the information of the alleged incident got on the listening to.
A conviction beneath the animal cruelty laws on the District Court stage can lead to a most six-month sentence and a €5,000 advantageous. Prosecution for the offence may also end in an individual being banned from having an animal of their care.
