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14-08-2007, 07:39 AM
Husky decapitator dies in car accident
The Mpumalanga man who decapitated his Siberian Husky puppy with a chainsaw earlier this year has died in a car accident, according to newspaper reports.
Phillip Matthysen (31) was thrown from his black Toyota Land Cruiser when it rolled several times on the R50 to Delmas in the early hours on Sunday, reported Beeld newspaper.
Although the accident was thought to have taken place at 4am, it was only at 7am that a passing motorist called the police.
Matthysen was already dead, of severe head injuries, when rescue workers arrived on the scene. He was thought to have been driving to his smallholding in Sundra at the time of the crash.
Delmas Magistrate's Court fined him R10 000 or 12 months' imprisonment suspended for five years in July after he pleaded guilty to sawing off the puppy's head for killing his pet parrot in February.
He was also ordered to pay R5 000 to the Springs Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Although Matthysen was allowed to keep his other dogs, the court ruled that he could never again own a Husky. - Sapa
http://mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=316504&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
The Mpumalanga man who decapitated his Siberian Husky puppy with a chainsaw earlier this year has died in a car accident, according to newspaper reports.
Phillip Matthysen (31) was thrown from his black Toyota Land Cruiser when it rolled several times on the R50 to Delmas in the early hours on Sunday, reported Beeld newspaper.
Although the accident was thought to have taken place at 4am, it was only at 7am that a passing motorist called the police.
Matthysen was already dead, of severe head injuries, when rescue workers arrived on the scene. He was thought to have been driving to his smallholding in Sundra at the time of the crash.
Delmas Magistrate's Court fined him R10 000 or 12 months' imprisonment suspended for five years in July after he pleaded guilty to sawing off the puppy's head for killing his pet parrot in February.
He was also ordered to pay R5 000 to the Springs Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Although Matthysen was allowed to keep his other dogs, the court ruled that he could never again own a Husky. - Sapa
http://mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=316504&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/