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The Advocate Post: A prominent British crocodile expert, Adam Britton, has been sentenced to 10 years and five months in Australia for sexually abusing numerous dogs, a case that has shocked the nation. Britton, a well-known zoologist , pleaded guilty to 56 charges of bestiality and animal cruelty, as well as four counts of accessing child abuse material.

The Northern Territory Supreme Court learned that the 53-year-old filmed himself torturing the animals to the brink of death and distributed the videos online using pseudonyms.

His abuse went unnoticed for years, 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.

“Your depravity falls outside any ordinary human conception,”

Chief Justice Michael Grant told Britton.

Including time already served, Britton could be eligible for parole in April 2028. He is also banned from owning any mammals for the rest of his life.

Mr Britton’s lawyer argued his offending was driven by a rare disorder causing intense, atypical sexual interests.