New law to be tested after wife catches husband with dog

New law to be tested after wife catches husband with dog

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Spanaway man accused of having sex with a dog is apparently the first person in the Washington charged under a new bestiality law.
     
Pierce County prosecutors say 26-year-old Michael Patrick McPhail was caught by his wife on Wednesday night having intercourse on the back porch with their four-year-old female pit bull terrier.
     
The wife took photos with a cell phone and called police.
     
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says "There's pretty clear proof what happened to this dog."
     
McPhail was arrested that night. He is held on $300,000 bail and is reportedly on suicide watch in the jail in Tacoma.
     
Charged with animal cruelty, he could be sentenced to a year in jail if convicted.
     
The bestiality law took effect in June. It was prompted by an incident in Enumclaw where a man died after having sex with a horse.
   
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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