He told her that she did not care for the dog, and was going to stab it before stabbing her. Despite his mother s protests he grabbed a knife from the bench, and as the dog hid under the computer desk McVicar stabbed it once in the neck. As his mother yelled, he threatened to do the same to you ’. McVicar then threw the knife into the kitchen sink, and returned to watch television. The dog was described as being highly distressed and was bleeding profusely, requiring treatment. McVicar admitted the offending, telling police he wasn’t in a good state of mind.
John Royce McVicar jailed for stabbing dog and threatening mother
12 Jan, 2021 06:02 PM
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John Royce McVicar was jailed for 16 months. Photo / Rob Kidd, ODT
Otago Daily Times
By: Rob Kidd
A man who stabbed his mother s dog in the neck, then threatened to do the same to her, has been jailed for 16 months.
John Royce McVicar, 38, told police after the bloody incident on July 30 last year that he wasn t in a very good state of mind .
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Defence counsel Brendan Stephenson said that, though hard to reconcile with the events in question, his client professed his love for his mother and the dog.