According to the court, an Edmonton swordsman hit his partner’s dog over the head with a sledgehammer as it tried to defend her from his “disgraceful” attack.
Ronald James Narara, 47, admitted to four charges in Cairns Magistrates Court. These included animal abuse, common assault, and wilful damage for the terrifying attack on his partner and her dog at her Edmonton home on May 26 of this year.
To make things right, Narara went to the woman’s house that day to “apologize” for the damage he had done before and give her his bank card.
According to Ms. Teaken, he got mad when she told him to leave.
The court was told that Narara broke door screens, a window, a mirror, and hit and headbutted the woman several times before getting a hatchet.
According to Ms. Teaken, the woman was so scared that she broke a door to get away from him.
Narara hit her dog in the head with the hatchet a few times when it tried to protect her, the court heard.
The attack did not hurt the woman physically in a way that would last.
Magistrate Adam Johnson asked Ms. Teaken about the dog’s injuries, but she didn’t know anything else about the dog’s health or condition after the attack.
Mr. Johnson called Narara’s actions “disgraceful” and said he had been convicted of violence before, including hurting the same woman very badly.
“The crimes were very disturbing because they happened in front of children and involved violence, threats, and coercion. You also did something very shameful by hurting the woman’s dog by hitting it in the head with a sledgehammer a few times,” Mr. Johnson said.
He gave Narara an 18-month prison term with a one-third release date for parole.
Lawyer for the defense James Ellis-Smith said Narara had been drinking a lot of vodka that day, so he didn’t remember much about what happened.
“I’ve been told that the dog had bitten him before,” Mr. Ellis Smith said about the man’s behavior toward the dog.
He said that Narara pleaded guilty right away, which saved time and money for the community and the court.
Narara, he said, was a father and a grandfather, had worked well as a fencer and groundskeeper, and had training in gardening and running a farm.
