- Costa Rica -
On Monday, October 24, 2022, a monster who killed his own cat by throwing the furbaby from a 6th floor balcony, was convicted of animal cruelty. Although the despicable judge, Tatiana López, handed down the maximum possible sentence of two years behind bars, she spared 31-years-old GABRIEL SABORĺO SOTO (pictured), from serving time!
López granted the benefit of conditional sentencing to SOTO, so he will not go to jail.
The murder of the innocent cat named Ochi, happened in November 2019, when SOTO threw the furbaby almost 30 meters (100 feet) from the balcony of an apartment that he was renting at Abitu condo in the Granadilla district of the Curridabat canton, in San José.
The investigation into Ochi’s murder, however, was launched in August 2020, after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
Ochi landed on a dog park where people who saw him/her tried to help.
La Teja reports that a necropsy performed on Ochi determined that he/she had fractures to his/her jaw, coccyx, ribs and all four legs. Results additionally showed that Ochi drowned in blood and “had multiple black spots that are the product of a heavy fall.”
Ochi agonized for at least an hour before passing.
According to TELEDIARIO, SOTO was arrested on August 26, 2020, by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) for the crimes of animal cruelty and death.
At sentencing, judge López said SOTO knew exactly what he was doing and said: “Usted sí estaba completamente en sus capacidades, sabía lo que estaba haciendo y el resultado de lo que pasaba si lanzaba el animal desde un sexto piso. Las lesiones que este ser viviente tuvo, la caída y la sobrevida luego de lanzarlo por 30 metros son factores para darle la pena.”
In English:
You were in control of all your faculties; you knew what you were doing what would happen if you launched the animal from the sixth floor. The injuries that this living being sustained after falling 30 meters, and the slim chances of survival from the fall are the contributing factors in the sentence.
And yet, SOTO is free!
Que vergüenza de usted juez Tatiana López. ¡Le fallaste a ese pobre gato!
¡El hombre que no vas a enviar a la cárcel es un asesino!
¿Perdona el asesinato?
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