Man convicted of beheading dog could get life in prison

[matcom]

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A La Habra man who beheaded his German shepherd was convicted Thursday of animal cruelty, a charge that could send the third-striker to prison for life.

A sanity hearing is scheduled to start Monday in Orange County Superior Court for James Andrew Abernathy, 42, who says he was insane in January 2002 when he killed his dog, whom he had named Marie in honor of his girlfriend.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Heather Brown said anger, not insanity, drove Abernathy to beat his dog with a golf club, shove a stake through her heart and then decapitate her with pruning shears.

He did those things, Brown said, "all because his girlfriend … had broken up with him."

Judge Kazuharu Makino found Abernathy guilty after a two-hour, nonjury trial in Santa Ana.

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-shepherd4jun04.story

[Spinzonner]

1. And here I thought he beheaded Marie

in honor of the queen of France

[Voice_of_Europe]

2. named after her...

What a "honor" for his girlfriend that he names his pet dog after her...

[underpants]

3. Here's another story to brighten your Friday

I can't say that I feel to bad about what happened to Mr.Ausley (I'm starting a GD threa don this)
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=71191&ran=84887

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. He was probably practicing to cut off his girlfriend's head...

If they ever let him out, if I were her, I'd be moving to Italy and changing my name.
Duckie

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Ain't love grand?

Bush could use that guy to extract intel in Iraq!