By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com
05:13 30 Jun 2023, upgraded 05:55 30 Jun 2023
- Liesbeth Mackie brought her dog, 11-year-old Beignet, with her to play pickleball in the park
- James Wesley Henry, 43, approached the dog and utilized a knife to stab her a number of times, according to cops
- Henry has actually been apprehended in the Buncombe County Detention Facility on a $10,000 bond
A North Carolina man has actually been jailed and imprisoned for the troubling killing of a family’s dog after supposedly stabbing it consistently while its owner was playing pickleball.
Liesbeth Mackie had actually left her dog, 11-year-old Beignet, on a leash in the shade a couple of feet far from where she was playing the popular video game at Weaver Park.
She’d heard a man screaming madly to himself earlier however neglected it till minutes later on when she saw him assaulting her pooch.
James Wesley Henry, 43, approached the dog, got it by the throat and utilized a knife to stab her a number of times, according to cops.
‘The man killed the dog with a knife, generally devitalizing it,’ Asheville Police Capt. Michael Lamb said.
Mackie’s pickleball partner Eric Hulin explained the harsh killing.
‘All of an abrupt, I discovered that there was some turmoil occurring with her dog,’ he said.
‘I saw the opponent, absolutely with all of his strength – with what I believed at the time was a closed fist – knocking on the dog, actually.’
Hulin said Beignet was ‘covered in blood’ as he viewed the poor dog’s last motions.
Henry dropped the knife and attempted to walk away without being discovered, Hulin said. The pickleball gamers were trying to follow him securely.
Eventually, cops showed up and Henry instantly gave up, according to the Asheville Watchdog.
Mackie said that the family is still grieving greatly over the ridiculous death of their precious family pet.
‘My 3 kids, other half and I are ravaged,’ she informed News 13. ‘This occurred in broad daytime at Weaver Park.’
‘My fellow gamers were simply a couple of feet away, which obviously didn’t frighten Beignet’s foe.’
She and her other half Tom Mackie think their dog’s murder is an indication that Asheville has a criminal offense issue.
‘Asheville is no longer safe,’ Tom said. ‘The method our dog was savagely killed, it might have been my partner. It might have been a kid. The criminal offense in Asheville is expanding like a cancer.’
‘It’s so random — that’s when it ends up being frightening,’ Liesbeth Mackie included. ‘Are we still safe to bring our dogs to pickleball?’
Henry has actually been apprehended in the Buncombe County Detention Facility on $10,000 bond.
