A man in China has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of scaring 1,100 chickens to death amid a dispute with his neighbour, according to Insider..Meanwhile, China Daily reported that the man, who was only mentioned by Chinese state media by his family name, infiltrated his neighbor Chung’s chicken farm and caused hundreds of his chickens to die by using a flashlight to terrorize them..

The dispute between the couple began in April 2022 when Cho cut down Chung’s trees without his permission and his wife carried the trees away, angering the man. One night, Jo sneaked onto Chung’s property. Zhong He caused his chickens to panic by shining a light on them, causing 500 chickens to flee into a corner and die from being crushed..

The police arrested him and ordered him to compensate Gong with 3,000 yuan ($436), but this did not deter him. Gu to property Zhong A second time and caused the death of 640 chickens in the same way.

Chinese authorities estimated that 1,100 chickens died worth about 13,840 yuan (2015 US dollars), and a court in Hengyang County, central China’s Hunan Province ruled on Tuesday that Gu had deliberately caused a loss of property to Zhong’s company, according to China Daily..

Joe was ordered to serve six months in prison with one year of probation, a sentence that took into account the remorse the man had shown for his crimes.