A man from Bucharest has been definitively sentenced to two years and four months for the mistreatment of a puppy.

A man has been definitively sentenced to two years and four months in prison for the repeated mistreatment of a puppy on a busy street in Sector 5 of the Capital. The incident occurred on July 5, 2025, when the man committed acts of physical violence against a small dog, causing it multiple contusions and a state of acute suffering.

The aggressor threatened and physically assaulted witnesses who intervened to save the animal, thus disturbing public order. The prosecutor sent the case to trial, and the court emphasized the seriousness of the committed offenses and the dangerousness of the defendant, imposing a sentence meant to deter. The conviction was upheld on appeal, with the court considering that the sentence must be served in a detention regime, despite the favorable personal circumstances of the offender. The defendant was tried in preventive detention until the completion of the trial.