CT man accused of killing kitten because it 'annoyed' him

SHELTON, CT (WFSB) – A Shelton man was arrested for killing a kitten, police said.

Krzystof Bakota, 47, was charged with first-degree murder of an animal.

Krzystof Bakota was accused of killing a kitten in Shelton, according to police.(Shelton Police)

Bakota was arrested Friday.

The arrest stemmed from a report Shelton police received from a family member who said she left her kitten with Bakota while she was away.

Police say Bakota told her the kitten was missing. It was later found dead in the backyard by another family member.

Bakota admitted to family members that he killed the kitten, police said. He told another family member that the kitten was annoying him, so he threw it against a table and then threw it off the back deck.

The kitten’s body was taken to the University of Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for an autopsy.

The report stated in part that the kitten had multiple skull fractures with apparent bleeding.

The cause of death was due to trauma to the left body wall and pulmonary hemorrhage, police said.

They said there was evidence of blunt force trauma and it was highly unlikely the kitten had been killed by another animal.

Bakota was held on a $25,000 bond and was arraigned in Derby Superior Court on Friday.