Police have arrested and formally charged two men with the offence of cruelty to animals. They are Matthew Omar Downes, 36 years, of Pasture Lane, Lammings, St. Joseph, and Rico Jamar Maynard, 30 years of Airy Hill, St Joseph.
Between the 3rd and 20th of April 2020 police said the accused wantonly and cruelly abused, tortured, and caused unnecessary suffering to an animal, a monkey, in contravention of Section 3 Subsection (1) clause (a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Chapter 144A.
Their arrest follows a viral video on social media which showed a monkey, caught in a metal cage, being doused with a substance and then set on fire whilst still in the cage.
Police said investigations were conducted which led to the accused who were arrested and brought into custody.
They are scheduled to appear at the District ‘D’ Magistrates court on Thursday, April 30th, 2020.
