25-year-old Khairulnizam Khan Kamalrozaman, was initially charged back in August with starving his pet cat to death, but his charge has since been amended to causing it unnecessary pain and suffering by not providing it with enough food and water.
What happened?
According to Channel NewsAsia, Khairulnizam’s offences took place from 25 December 2020 to 2 February 2021.
The cat was kept in his Sembawang flat, where he didn’t feed it enough water and food, resulting in the death of the cat.
He was expected to plead guilty yesterday (26 October) but requested an adjournment from the court to raise money for his wife who had just given birth 3 weeks ago.
He also claimed that he had an appointment with the Housing Board that he can’t miss because it would mean his flat being repossessed.
He was then granted an adjournment to December, where he will be pleading guilty to his offences.
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