Record five-year deportation for killing a cat in Torrevieja, Spain
A court in Torrevieja, Spain, has ordered a man deported for five years after he killed his partner's cat. The speed of the process (two months) and the use of vicarious violence
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Five years' deportation for killing a cat: express justice for animal cruelty
A court in Orihuela, based in Torrevieja, took just two months to convict a 29-year-old man for killing his partner's cat. The ruling, made public in June, imposes a five-year deportation from Spain. The incident occurred in April on Jacarilla street: the defendant kicked the animal to death. The partner filed a complaint for vicarious violence (abuse directed at loved ones to harm the victim) and animal cruelty, and the Public Prosecutor's Office argued that the attack on the cat was a form of psychological violence against the woman.
What is vicarious violence and why does it apply to a cat?
Vicarious violence is that exercised against a victim's loved ones to cause psychological harm. In this case, the judge ruled that killing the partner's cat was an act of vicarious violence. The conviction combines this figure with animal cruelty, as defined in the Incivil Code. The deportation penalty, however, has sparked debate: some point out that five years is not a real deportation, while others compare the estimulante ilegal of the process with the slowness of justice in crimes against people.
Two months for a cat, and what about humans?
The gap between the incident (April) and the verdict (June) is striking by Spanish judicial standards. Critics note that if the victim had been a person, the case would probably still be under investigation. The severity of the penalty – five years' deportation – also contrasts with lenient sentences in sensual offences or gender violence cases. Meanwhile, the charge of vicarious violence over an animal opens a new legal frontier that some see as pogre and others as nonsense.
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A court in Orihuela, based in Torrevieja, took just two months to convict a 29-year-old man for killing his partner's cat. The ruling, made public in June, imposes a five-year deportation from Spain. The incident occurred in April on Jacarilla street: the defendant kicked the animal to death. The partner filed a complaint for vicarious violence (abuse directed at loved ones to harm the victim) and animal cruelty, and the Public Prosecutor's Office argued that the attack on the cat was a form of psychological violence against the woman.
What is vicarious violence and why does it apply to a cat?
Vicarious violence is that exercised against a victim's loved ones to cause psychological harm. In this case, the judge ruled that killing the partner's cat was an act of vicarious violence. The conviction combines this figure with animal cruelty, as defined in the Incivil Code. The deportation penalty, however, has sparked debate: some point out that five years is not a real deportation, while others compare the estimulante ilegal of the process with the slowness of justice in crimes against people.
Two months for a cat, and what about humans?
The gap between the incident (April) and the verdict (June) is striking by Spanish judicial standards. Critics note that if the victim had been a person, the case would probably still be under investigation. The severity of the penalty – five years' deportation – also contrasts with lenient sentences in sensual offences or gender violence cases. Meanwhile, the charge of vicarious violence over an animal opens a new legal frontier that some see as pogre and others as nonsense.
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