The second marriage of an Australian man filmed beating a puppy to death and eating it during a traditional wedding ceremony in Indonesia may already be under strain.
Robby Wirramanda, 53, whose real name is Robert Knight and who is a convicted drug dealer, provoked widespread outrage this month after the black puppy was killed on the Indonesian island of West Nusa Tenggara, east of Bali.
In footage recorded during his wedding to 20-year-old local bride Rensi Ana, the dog can be heard whimpering as its hind legs are tied to prevent it escaping. Wirramanda is then seen striking the animal with a stick until it dies.
Ana initially shared the video on Facebook. The footage also appeared to show Wirramanda killing a piglet with a knife. The post was later removed as criticism intensified.
Wirramanda has since uploaded videos showing him being baptised ahead of a second wedding ceremony, styled in a more Western fashion, in which his bride wore a lacy white dress.
However, a series of tense videos featuring the couple arguing and trading barbs has fueled speculation that the relationship is already facing difficulties.
The clips also show Wirramanda handling other puppies, including one that appeared strikingly similar to the animal killed during the earlier ceremony.
In one video, he pets a golden labradoodle-type dog while Ana adds a disturbing caption: ‘People who eat animals for breakfast should also have breakfast hehe.’
The second marriage of an Australian man filmed beating a puppy to death and eating it during a traditional wedding in Indonesia may already be under strain.
Convicted drug dealer Robby Wirramanda, 53, whose real name is Robert Knight (pictured), triggered outrage this month after allegedly killing a black puppy on West Nusa Tenggara, an island east of Bali.
The puppy’s hind legs were tied to stop it fleeing as Wirramanda was filmed beating it to death with a stick during his wedding to 20-year-old local bride Rensi Ana.
The latest footage has prompted a warning from animal protection group Bali Dogs and other online commentators. One message read: ‘He is playing with it to gain its trust… then will kill it the same way.’
Another commenter wrote: ‘You shouldn’t be allowed near any animals.’
Only weeks after the couple’s second wedding—and shortly after Wirramanda was baptised—their relationship appears to be showing signs of tension.
Ana has appeared to clash with her husband in one of several videos recently posted to Facebook as she capitalises on the attention surrounding the couple.
Wearing a crisp white shirt, Ana tells Wirramanda to move away while she poses for her phone and explains that she is filming herself eating.
Wirramanda responds in an increasingly frustrated tone, repeatedly asking: ‘Is there anything you want me to put in the bag? How many times do you want me to ask you?’
When Ana ignores him and gestures toward her phone camera again, he exclaims: ‘Oh my God!’
He then appears to grab the phone from her hand in an aggressive manner before the recording cuts out.
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Robby Wirramanda and his Indonesian wife pose for what appears to be a second, Western-style wedding ceremony, for which she purchased a lacy white dress.
Despite finding God and getting married a second time in traditional white, it seems there may be trouble in paradise for Wirramanda and his wife Rensi Ana (above)
Aussie drug trafficker Robby Wirramanda who beat a puppy to death with a stick and ate it causes more alarm as he and his new bride play with dogs on an Indonesian island where killing and eating dogs is traditional
Wirramanda, from Mildura in Victoria, was jailed for six and a half years in 2012 over an amphetamine trafficking operation he ran from his Melbourne gym.
He broke his silence after the puppy dog video went viral to deny slurs made by online trolls.
‘An extraordinary amount of false, defamatory and deeply disturbing information has been circulated about me across social media,’ he posted.
‘A significant amount of this material appears to be coming from, or being amplified by members and associates of my former partner’s family.
‘But there is an enormous difference between discussing someone’s documented past and inventing accusations of murder, rape, paedophilia, child trafficking and other serious crimes.’
He said he would report any further comments ‘to the appropriate authorities’.
However he continues to come under fire for the puppy-killing videos, although some locals have leapt to his defence.
‘Back when I was in junior high, I absolutely loved eating dog meat,’ said one user, posting in the local Indonesian Bahasa language.
‘I don’t eat it anymore because I’m an animal lover. That said, I still acknowledge the tradition in Sumba; my family does eat it, but we don’t kill dogs that guard the house.’
The whimpering pup’s back legs were tied to stop it escaping while Wirramanda was filmed beating it to death with a stick during his wedding to local bride, Rensi Ana, 20 (pictured)
Speculation is now growing that their marriage may already be in trouble, after a series of fractious videos showed him snapping and sniping with his young wife
Wirramanda, from Mildura in Victoria, was jailed for six and a half years in 2012 over an amphetamine trafficking operation he ran from his Melbourne gym
The notorious Facebook clip showed Wirramanda beating the dog before delivering the final death blows to the head while being egged on by his bride at his side.
‘If you encounter suspected animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, or other actions that could cause suffering to an animal, document the incident safely and report it,’ Animal Lawyer Indonesia pleaded on Instagram.
The Daily Mail has contacted Wirramanda for comment.
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