A Washington man will spend six months in prison for killing his girlfriend's
pet parrot.
A Washington man will spend six months in prison
for stabbing his girlfriend’s parrot to death with a fork, a court ruled.
In a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, a defense
lawyer said that Richard J. Atkinson, 63, of Everett, north of Seattle, was
blacked out drunk and didn’t remember attacking the bird at the couple’s home
in August, the Herald Newspaper reported.
Atkinson mixed whiskey with anti-anxiety
medication before stabbing the bird with a serving fork and then trashing his
gal’s belongings, his lawyer said.
"He felt horrible," defense lawyer
William Steffener said.
Atkinson pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and
domestic violence charges last month.
Superior Court Judge George Appel slammed
Atkinson as “depraved” and “barbaric,” and ordered him to undergo psychiatric
treatment as well as pay for his girlfriend’s trashed belongings, thenewspaper
reported.
The bird killer is also barred from coming in
contact with any pets for five years.
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