BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont lady who shot her canine twice and left it chained outdoors within the snow so severely injured that it was later euthanized has been discovered responsible of aggravated cruelty and animal torture.
Joyce Cornell, 48, of Sandgate, was convicted by a decide Friday after a one-day bench trial final month, the Bennington Banner reported.
Decide Cortland Corsones stated that Cornell acted deliberately and with malicious intent.
Cornell stated she grew to become petrified of the Nice Dane after it bit her on the ankle on Christmas Day, 2019. She informed the court docket she let the canine out the subsequent day, however shot it when it growled at her.
She left it outdoors and later shot the canine once more later by means of the toilet window.
A trash collector who got here to the house discovered the injured canine and police have been referred to as. A Vermont State Police trooper euthanized the canine.
Protection lawyer Richard Burgoon stated the case was decided by “hairline information.”
“The decide simply occurred to interpret these information on the left facet of that line, however he may have simply gone to the opposite facet,” he stated.
Cornell stays free on bond pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
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