Man kills, eats own pet dog after it bit his 7-year-old nephew; CCTV footage sparks row
Thaiger report, Songwut was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. He also admitted to the killing of the pet dog, but had initially refused to tell where or how he disposed off the body of Mon.
On further interrogation, the report said, the 42-year-old revealed that he ate the dog and shared some of its meat with a friend named Roj. On searching his home, Police found the left over dog meat in the fridge.
Songwut said he killed the pet dog "in anger" after it bit his 7-year-old nephew, who he said is an "exceptional child". He also believed that he would not be legally charged for killing on because "it was his dog".
He also revealed that he had given away his pet dog Mon to a nearby relative as he was unable to provide for him. The report said that the Thai Police also arrested Songwut’s friend Roj and charged them both with Section 340 (theft using a vehicle to aid crime) and Section 296 (abandoning animal carcasses in a public place) of Thailand's Criminal Law, along with Section 20 of the Act on Animal Cruelty Prevention and Animal Welfare (cruelty to animals or killing them).
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