| Big Man, Pig Man |
2003-04-10, 4:44 a.m. |
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Man Who Stabbed Pig for Pork Chops Jailed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A man accused of savagely stabbing a pet pig, then blurting out in drunkenness that he wanted pork chops, was convicted of felony cruelty to animals and sentenced to 90 days in jail. � Edwin "Louie" Deason, 44, injured the 50-pound Vietnamese potbellied pig so severely in the December incident that it had to be killed because one stab wound left it unable to walk. �Prosecutors said Deason made drunken, belligerent comments to sheriff's deputies. One deputy testified Deason was covered in blood and had pig feces all over him when he said, "I cut it, so what?" � � Assistant State Attorney Cynthia Simpson said that even if slaughtering the pig for a meal, it was not being done quickly and painlessly. None of three stab wounds was near a major organ or across the neck, she said.
�Deason's attorneys argued in the one-day trial on Tuesday that a neighbor, whom they repeatedly referred to as "Big Bad Bob," was the one who plunged a rusty knife into the pig. Deason later tried to sever the squealing pig's carotid artery to humanely put it out of its misery, but the blade was too dull, his attorneys maintained. � A jury spent 2 1/2 hours deliberating before returning a guilty verdict. Deason said he would appeal.
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