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Bradley Gavin Knoeson avoids jail after drowning, bashing dog in WA (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

British backpacker Bradley Gavin Knoesen, 31, has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges in Western Australia.

Knoesen, who is in Australia on a working holiday visa, drowned a kelpie before beating it to death.

What's next?

Knoelsen has avoided an immediate jail term but is likely to be deported from Australia.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

because he otherwise sounds normal

I'm not an expert on people who are capable of committing crimes like this, but I know that masking is a big part of why people are able to get away with seeming 'normal'.

Alcohol does not drive people to do this. To suggest that it's somehow capable of completely obliterating a mask that's been kept up 100% up until that point is also unrealistic, at least in my eyes. Now if there were other drugs, maybe something like PCP - there's a discussion to be had there.

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