The Petrolia man charged with cruelty to animals and not giving police a breath sample after ducks and a Canada goose were killed by a pickup truck in Centennial Park has been convicted only of the breath sample offence and all the charges linked to the birds have been dropped.

Brandon Norton’s lawyer, James Guggisberg, told the judge his client is the hobby farmer type who grew up around animals and livestock.

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“He had no intention of hurting, let alone killing, any of the geese,” he said.

Sarnia police issued a statement about the incident, which took place on Feb. 1. Several people were feeding ducks and geese in Centennial Park around 2:30 p.m. that Saturday when they saw a dark coloured pickup truck drive into a nearby parking lot.

“The truck remained parked i

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