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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

A Santa Barbara man will spend nearly a year in jail for banging the head of his roommate's kitten against a wall.

Nicholas David Thompson pleaded no-contest to a felony animal cruelty charge and he was sentenced Monday to 360 days in Santa Barbara County Jail.

Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa also ordered the 21-year-old defendant to attend anger management classes for a year.

Thompson allegedly banged Gigi's head against a wall and tossed the kitten into the shower and turned on the water. The roommate and his friend managed to rescue the kitten, and Gigi recovered.

Comments (4)

thesarge: ... I verge on hating cats but I would never harm one. The AH deserves everything he got and more. 1 April 22, 2008 det ret rpd narc: I would rather see.... them bang his head on the wall real hard and see if he survives, and if he does, then maybe he will think twice before hurting another animal or anyone else. 2 April 22, 2008 capron: ... : http://pets911.org The good thing is that the kitten survived. The bad thing is that this behavior is usualy a precursor to violence against humans. I think we'll be hearing from this guy again. 3 April 22, 2008 coprock12: ... I can fix this guys problem. My wife is a Cat lover. Let her in a room with this guy for a couple of minutes and he would be praying for jail. capron, I agree, he will eventually start on humans. Only hope he picks on the wrong one. 4 April 23, 2008

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