A Burlington, Massachusetts, man charged with animal cruelty appeared through Zoom in Woburn District Court Wednesday because the sufferer canine’s household requires justice for Gigi.
John Romano Jr.’s 69-year-old father was walking Gigi on a leash on the Mill Pond Reservoir proper behind their home in early December, when two unleashed dogs started combating along with her. That’s when their proprietor allegedly got here up from behind on a motorbike, smashing Gigi within the face with the tire, then his fists.
“There was no person round it was simply him and her,” John Romano Jr. informed NBC10 Boston. “You do not damage my household like that. You do not go away a grown man and a canine to bleed. It’s simply not proper.”
Austin Beliveau Jr., 45, is accused of breaking her jaw, nostril and knocking out a number of tooth. He referred to as into Woburn District Court alongside together with his lawyer, Kevin Mullen, through Zoom on Wednesday.
Mullen didn’t reply to NBC10 Boston requests for remark. The pre-trial listening to was pushed again for a second time whereas prosecutors await documentation from the vet for her emergency facial reconstructive surgical procedure.
“Just pre-trial, pre-trial, pre-trial,” Romano Jr. stated. “They have the police report. We have the proof. We know what occurred. Let’s simply get this over with.”
Thanks to some assist from the neighborhood, Gigi now has a giant fenced-in yard, path cameras for safety, loads of toys and even a portrait drawn by Melrose-based artist Paula Anastasi-Buehler, who donated the piece after seeing the story on NBC10 Boston. Copies could be ordered from fineartamerica.com.
“It’s a ravishing sketch of Gigi that we’re going cling in the home. I’m having it framed proper now,” Romano Jr. stated.
Their third pre-trial listening to has been set for April 10, which is John’s father’s birthday.
