Judge Rasyihah Ghazali sentenced A Mohanraj, 42, after he changed his plea to guilty when the case came up for mention today.

He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was Sept 14 last year.

Mohanraj was charged with cruelly causing unnecessary suffering to the feline at a self-service laundrette in Taman Gombak Ria, Batu Caves, between 12.54am and 1am on Sept 11 last year.

Another person, who is still at large, was also charged.

Prior to this, another of Mohanraj’s friends, S Satthiya, 27, was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal for the same offence, while another person, contract worker K Ganesh, 42, maintained his “not guilty” plea to the charge.

In mitigation, Mohanraj, who was unrepresented, said he was remorseful and promised not to repeat the mistake. He said he had a family to support.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Nurul Ain Shafie and Roslan Mohd Isa, a prosecuting officer from the Selangor Veterinary Services Department.