Teen pleads guilty to having sex with cat, assaulting woman

By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter
Wed. May 5 - 4:53 AM

A Dartmouth teenager has admitted that he had sex with a cat in January.

The boy, 16, pleaded guilty Monday in Halifax youth court to a charge of bestiality.

He also accepted responsibility for sexually assaulting a woman by grabbing her buttocks last October and three other charges — common assault, unlawfully being in a dwelling and breaching probation.

Judge Pam Williams ordered a psychiatric assessment for the boy’s sentencing, which she set down for June 9.

The teen, whose identity is shielded by the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act, will remain in custody at the Nova Scotia Youth Facility in Waterville.

The same boy was in the news in September 2008 after he knocked a disabled senior citizen out of his motorized wheelchair, kicked him and stole his cellphone.

The boy ended up pleading guilty to robbery and was sentenced to six months of deferred custody in the community, followed by two years of probation.

Reports submitted to the court at the boy’s sentencing in November 2008 said his biological father, who had a gambling problem, abandoned him when he was very young. Members of his family were physically abused by his stepfather. The boy was said to be getting help from professionals who deal with young people at risk.

Last December, he received another six months of deferred custody in the community for a sexual assault on a girl.

His mother reported him to his probation officer Jan. 16 after she discovered that the family cat had been sexually abused.

The judge wants the psychiatric assessment to determine whether the boy is eligible for a treatment program for sexually aggressive youth at the IWK Health Centre.

From: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1180797.html