A renowned British crocodile expert has been jailed for 10 years in Australia, after admitting to sexually abusing dozens of dogs, in a case which horrified the nation.
Warning: This story contains distressing details of animal cruelty
Adam Britton, a leading zoologist who has worked on BBC and National Geographic productions, pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to bestiality and animal cruelty.
He also admitted to four counts of accessing child abuse material.
The Northern Territory (NT) Supreme Court heard the 53-year-old filmed himself torturing the animals until almost all died, and then shared the videos online under pseudonyms.
His abuse went on for years unnoticed until a clue was found in one of his videos. Britton was arrested in April 2022 after a search of his rural Darwin property, which also uncovered child abuse material on his laptop.
Much of the detail of Britton’s crimes are too graphic to publish, and so “grotesque” the judge at times warned people to leave the courtroom.
Mr Britton’s lawyer argued his offending was driven by a rare disorder causing intense, atypical sexual interests.
