Crocodile expert is jailed for sexually abusing dozens of dogs

A British crocodile expert was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison in Australia after admitting to sexually abusing, torturing and killing dozens of dogs.

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A British crocodile expert was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in prison in Australia after admitting to sexually abusing, torturing and killing dozens of dogs.

Adam Britton, 53, a prominent zoologist who had worked with the BBC and National Geographic before his arrest in 2022, had pleaded guilty last September to dozens of bestiality and aggravated animal cruelty charges as well as the possession of child abuse material.

He filmed videos of himself torturing dogs to death and then shared the videos online under pseudonyms, the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in Australia heard.

Britton measures a captive crocodile in the Philippines in 2011. Richard Grande / AFP via Getty Images fileFrom November 2020 to April 2022, Britton sourced 42 dogs of varying ages and breeds, which he “tortured and sexually exploited for his own sadistic pleasure,” court documents said. At least 39 of the dogs were intentionally killed. Chief Justice Michael Grant had warned those in the courtroom at an earlier hearing that the details of Britton’s crimes were so “grotesque” that they could cause “nervous shock,” the BBC and Australian media reported.

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