32-Year-old Marcos Montano-Topete, who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he beat a 12-pound toy poodle to death with a brick in Redwood City last year, was convicted last week animal cruelty and malicious killing of an animal. During the brief trial in a San Mateo County court, a jury heard testimony from Montano-Topete that the tiny animal had not only "threatened" his family, but had also impregnated his pet chihuahua three times.

After the incident, Montano-Topete claimed he was driven to smash the poor creature's snout in after it had bitten him several times. There was no mention of his own chihuahua at the time, and he told authorities he didn't report the 12-pound dog named "Globsis" to animal control because he wanted to be a good neighbor. Globsis, who belonged to a 16-year-old neighbor, was found nearly lifeless in a pool of blood. Members of the Peninsula Humane Society later had to put him down at a nearby pet hospital.

It took the jury only two hours of deliberation after a four day trial to convict Montano-Topete on the two charges. The judge presiding over the case ordered that the deplorable dog killer be sent to jail immediately and without bail — an unusual punishment in an animal cruelty case.

Previously: Redwood City Man Felt 'Threatened' By Toy Poodle, Beat It To Death With A Brick
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