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Cat killer won't have to spend any more time behind bars for animal abuse, judge says

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Norman Joseph Gosselin was handed a two-year sentence for killing a kitten and abusing a second cat.

The Calgary Court of Justice Justice John Bascom said he had to consider his low IQ, which he determined was a mental illness.

The prosecutor had sought a total sentence of up to six years for the convicted animal abuser.

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