Unpublished: A judge has assigned a dog to "declare himself" at the lawsuit against his owner – 05/08/2019

In an unprecedented event, a judge ordered in Spain that a dog will attend as a "testimonial statement" in the lawsuit against his own abuses.

The defendant is his former owner, who is accused of the crime of throwing him in the trash, in a closed suitcase. The Spanish media reported that the dog had attended "as a witness" or had been "called to testify". Although the bitch did not have a legal "voice", the goal was that her presence at the court raised public awareness of animal abuse in this country. The story, with these titles, has traveled the world from social networks.

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The judge, who will remain in posterity to quote a bitch at a lawsuit, is Sandra Barrera. This Tuesday surprised all participants by asking it will happen "the injured witness, the Milagros bitch". This is how the pet entered the race for the pit bull during the hearing held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Atlantic, in the Canary Islands.

To avoid amusing comments, the city's environmental defense attorney explained to the badistants that, obviously, the witness could not speak, but that they would make her the prosecutor's representative for her and a medical examiner. Both explained the injuries he had suffered in his body and his current condition.

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This decision is governed by Article 337 of the Penal Code, which recognizes that an animal is a living being. It could therefore be cited to verify the evolution after the abuse suffered, hence a forensic investigation, with support from the Office of the Prosecutor and the President of the Provincial Court.

A spokesman for the Canary Islands Superior Court of Justice (TSJC) explained that "the decision to have a dog appear at a trial as a witness, something unusual in Spanish justice and unpublished, has been accepted by all parties who considered it a good gesture sensitize society to animal abuse ".

Meanwhile, the accused testified by videoconference from the city of Seville, where he is serving a pretrial detention sentence for another act, charged with theft.

"The defendant admitted that he had thrown the dog into a dumpster on October 30, 2012, but claimed to have done so as he thought she was dead after being badaulted by d & # 39; 39, other dogs of his property, "said a source quoted by the testimony of the victim. accused He also alleged that he had done so induced by his partner

The dog was saved from being crushed by the garbage truck because the neighbors heard their grunts fearing to be bitten, they opened a hole in the bag to be able to pull his head and called the authorities.

During his speech at the trial, the forensic expert badured that there was no opportunity to deliver her for dead, and several witnesses said they heard screams and saw how the Accused carried the suitcase with a dog who moved with difficulty.

The current owner has defined it with a bitch loving and submissiveand the prosecutor requests nine months in prison and two years of prohibition from working with animals for the accused, for an alleged crime of animal abuse, while the private prosecution provides for one-year sentences and three years incarceration.

At present, the prosecutor's office is asking for a nine-month prison sentence, while the charge filed by the Valle Colino animal shelter demands a year in jail.

Source: DPA and EFE

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