SINGAPORE, July 9 -- A judge has increased Barrie Lin Pengli's jail sentence from 14 months to two years and three months for abusing five cats in Ang Mo Kio.

CNA reported that the prosecution appealed for a longer sentence, calling the case "cruel" and "heinous" and saying the district judge had erred by placing too much weight on Lin's major depressive disorder.

"Animal cruelty has no place in a just and humane society and will be met with the full force of the law," Justice Vincent Hoong said.

Lin, 33, had abused cats whenever he felt frustrated and would walk around Ang Mo Kio looking for community cats to harm.

He initially kicked the cats before abducting them in small waterproof bags with little air circulation, sometimes relea...