A Moru­ga man who chopped his neigh­bour’s goat in a fit of rage be­cause it ate his crops has been jailed for six months.

Kendall Khan, of La Lune Vil­lage, plead­ed guilty to ma­li­cious dam­age to the an­i­mal dur­ing a vir­tu­al hear­ing be­fore Princes Town Mag­is­trate In­di­ra Mis­sir-Go­sine.

The goat died two days lat­er.

Pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Ramdeo Sookdeo told the court that the in­ci­dent took place on Sat­ur­day.

Around 9.10 pm Khan had an ar­gu­ment with his neigh­bour over his goat eat­ing his crops. Khan stormed off and re­turned with a cut­lass.

He went to the back of his neigh­bour’s house where he chopped the an­i­mal on its head and back.

The neigh­bour called the po­lice.

When the po­lice ar­rived they or­dered the ac­cused to drop the cut­lass and he com­plied.

When the po­lice told him about the re­port, he said, “I hit the goat two chop on the back and neck. Al­lyuh want cur­ry goat.”

He was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the po­lice sta­tion where he was charged by PC Hug­gins. Khan did not have an at­tor­ney.

He told the mag­is­trate he was an­gry be­cause the goat was al­ways eat­ing his crops.

He had no pre­vi­ous con­vic­tions or pend­ing mat­ters.