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A 20-year-old Edmonton man found guilty in the killing, dismemberment and cooking of a family’s beloved pet cat was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday.

Wendell Mah, 20, and two other young men, stole, cut up and cooked a cat over a fire in the river valley in February 2014.

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Mah’s sentence also includes 18-months probation, and a prohibition from owning pets for five years.

“The circumstances are horrific,” provincial court Judge Elizabeth Johnson said.

The judge referred to an assessment by a psychologist who determined that though Mah was unlikely to reoffend and does not have sadistic tendencies, he does possess “socialization deficits.”

Mah fiddled with the hem of his suit jacket and stared straight ahead as he stood next to his lawyer listening to the judge.

The Crown had argued for 18 to 24 months of jail time and a lifelong ban on owning pets, while Mah’s lawyer had proposed a conditional sentence, or, if jail time was deemed necessary, a sentence of four to six months.