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OTTAWA — A 24-year-old former Carleton University criminology student was convicted of animal cruelty Friday for stabbing and beating a cat then sending sickening texts including a “grisly” picture of the grey tabby’s body to a friend.
Carl Hawe’s lawyer, Michael Johnston, argued there was no evidence that Hawe ever owned a cat.
Pierre Labranche was credible when he testified Hawe told him he got a cat and got tired of it then sent him the texts in December 2011.
“F---ed that b--- up haha,” the texts said. “Shanked it once then picked up a wooden stick. Beat the sh-- out of it then rammed the stick into its belly.”
Labranche gave the texts -- which Hawe later said were a joke -- to the Ottawa Humane Society.
“They are so shocking one wonders why anyone would make these comments in jest,” prosecutor James Bocking said.
Carl Hawe’s lawyer, Michael Johnston, argued there was no evidence that Hawe ever owned a cat.
Pierre Labranche was credible when he testified Hawe told him he got a cat and got tired of it then sent him the texts in December 2011.
“F---ed that b--- up haha,” the texts said. “Shanked it once then picked up a wooden stick. Beat the sh-- out of it then rammed the stick into its belly.”
Labranche gave the texts -- which Hawe later said were a joke -- to the Ottawa Humane Society.
“They are so shocking one wonders why anyone would make these comments in jest,” prosecutor James Bocking said.
