Singapore man faces charges for throwing cats down, stomping on cat's neck

A man faces charges for abusing five cats, including throwing two of them down from Housing Board blocks, and stomping on a cat's neck, killing it.

Barrie Lin PengliLin Pengli, 30, returned to court on Wednesday February 1 to face his charges.

He has five charges under the Animals and Birds Act for animal cruelty against five cats in Ang Mo Kio between April 2020 and December 2021.

Lin, according to the charges, caused unnecessary suffering to a cat by confining it in a small waterproof bag at about 1.50 am on April 18, 2020.

He was allegedly doing so at Block 544, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10.

Three days later, he allegedly threw another cat down from the 12th storey of Block 572, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 at around 3.30 am.

Lin also reportedly confined a third cat in a small waterproof bag with limited ventilation at about 4.30 am on April 21, 2020, at Block 207, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.

On May 15, 2020, Lin allegedly threw a fourth cat from the eighth storey of Block 645, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.

He later stomped on the animal's neck, resulting in its death, charge sheets stated.

Lin is accused of picking up a fifth cat and slamming it twice against a wall. This happened on December 27, 2021 at around 5.17 am, on December 27, 2021, at Block 645, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.

Lin is represented by the lawyer Azri Imran Tan of IRB Law.

He updated the court to say that the Institute of Mental Health required a private psychiatrist report before the IMH can produce a forensic report.

He will send the private psychiatrist report on Lin to IMH at the end of February, and Mr Tan said he would forward it to IMH.

He said his client begins a new job on February 15 and is following up with treatment with his private psychiatrist.

Lin is out on bail of S $5,000 and will return to court in March.

A jail term of up to 18 months, a fine of up to S $15,000, or both are the penalties for animal cruelty under the Animals and Birds Act.