Klerksdorp Record, Stilfontein - The Stilfontein man found guilty of raping his dogs was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
Three years of the sentence were suspended and Philip Boardman will serve an effective five year prison term. He was arrested in November last year and has been behind bars ever since.
Animal lovers reacted in shock to the news of the arrest of the middle aged man who filmed himself raping his dogs. The camera footage was reported to the Matlosana animal shelter who immediately took steps to remove the animals from the property. Boardman fled his home when the police pitched and was later lured to the animal shelter to “strike a deal’’. He was arrested at the shelter.
The dogs, four small cross breed dogs, were placed in the care of the shelter. Three of them have been adopted into loving families while one of the dogs did not recover and died.
