Update to MatcomNews: Lewis set for day in court (the Avon Lady Cat)

[madinmaryland]

BRIDGEPORT — Lewis the cat is going on trial. Faced with getting probation on the condition she have her notorious Fairfield feline euthanized, Ruth Cisero on Tuesday instead chose a trial.

Through her new lawyer, criminal defense attorney Eugene Riccio, Cisero withdrew her application for accelerated rehabilitation and instead pleaded not guilty to second-degree reckless endangerment and elected a trial by jury.

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I'm going to do everything I can to keep my client from having a criminal record and to preserve her cat's life," Riccio said later.

Assistant State's Attorney Pamela Esposito, who has been assigned to prosecute the case, declined comment as she left the courtroom.

The case of Lewis, who was ordered confined to Cisero's High Street home after he attacked several women, including an Avon representative, has attracted international attention.

More than 500 "Save Lewis" T-shirts have been sold to raise funds for a defense fund for Cisero; a Westport lawyer has volunteered to be the cat's lawyer.

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Go Lewis!!!!

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site96/2006/0503/20060503_054330_20060501_061925_{F8F483A5-32F0-4CFC-ABBD-581B042331AA}.jpg

http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_3778657

[elshiva]

1. He looks normal enough