Supreme Court Justice Michael Grant on Thursday sentenced prominent British zoologist Adam Britton to 10 years and five months in prison for raping and torturing dozens of dogs.
Britton was previously a respected senior research fellow at Charles Darwin University and worked for the BBC and National Geographic. In September 2023, he pleaded guilty to 56 charges of bestiality and animal cruelty in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, but new details of his heinous acts were revealed in court during his sentencing. Ghastly details were revealed of what Judge Grant called “grotesque” and “unspeakable” crimes against animals, including the torture and exploitation of 42 dogs in a container on Britton's property, resulting in the deaths of 39 of them. Britton reportedly filmed many of the crimes in the container. Sky News.
🚨⚫️🔵 Former BBC zoologist Adam Britton, who filmed himself raping and torturing dogs, has admitted to sexually abusing dozens of dogs in Australia and been sentenced by a judge to 10 years and five months for “unimaginable depravity.” The case has shocked the Australian public… pic.twitter.com/OIDKVQegfv
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According to Sky News, Judge Grant dismissed the courtroom staff during his sentencing remarks and warned those present that what he was about to say could cause “nervous shock or other adverse psychological reactions”.
“I am reluctant to do so but given the gross depravity and perversity of your conduct it is necessary for me to provide general representative details and an explanation of your offending in order to impose a sentence,” Judge Grant said.
Former BBC zoologist Adam Britton, who filmed himself raping and torturing a dog, has been jailed after a judge found him guilty of “unimaginable depravity”.
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The BBC is packed with the sickest stuff on the planet. pic.twitter.com/1BlFTlkZjx
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The judge went on to say that Britton not only abused his own dogs, but also those of unsuspecting owners in the Darwin region of Australia, transporting the animals when their owners went off for work or travel, and filming himself raping and killing the animals in a shipping container that he described as a “torture chamber.”
“Your conduct on those occasions was depraved and reprehensible conduct totally beyond the bounds of ordinary human concept or understanding,” Judge Grant said. ABC News Australia“You photographed the dog before torturing and killing it and then sent the photographs to its former owner as part of a false representation that the dog was thriving in its new environment.”
Australian zoologist Adam Britton (L) measures a captive crocodile in Bunawan town, Agusan del Sur province, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, on November 9, 2011. A small Philippine town on November 9 claimed the world's largest captive crocodile after Australian experts measured the saltwater creature at 20.3 feet (6.187 meters) long. Bunawan town councillor Apolo Canoy said the male crocodile was captured in September in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, southern Mindanao, and measured by Australian zoologist Adam Britton on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO/RICHARD GRANDE (Photo by RICHARD GRANDE/AFP via Getty Images)
According to ABC News Australia, Judge Grant said Britton used the pseudonyms “Monster” and “Cerberus” to share the number of kills and uploaded videos of the murders to Telegram.
Birmingham, UK – March 6, 2014: A Boxer dog looks out of his kennel on the first day of the Crufts Dog Show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK. Said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event attracts thousands of dogs and visitors from around the world. First held in 1891, Crufts sees thousands of dogs compete for the title of “Best in Show.” (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)**This is not an actual image of a dog that has been abused or killed by Britons**
The judge said it was “clear” that Britton derived “perverse pleasure and excitement from the suffering of these animals”.
According to Sky News, Britton apologised and pleaded guilty to four charges of accessing and transmitting child abuse material. Judge Grant was not convinced by Britton's remorse.
Crocodile expert Adam Britton jailed for torturing a dog.
Adam Britton pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to the torture and sexual abuse of more than 42 dogs.
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“You made extensive use of weapons in the course of your activities,” he said, “and it is sickeningly clear, as the prosecution has acknowledged, that you derive pure and unadulterated pleasure from inflicting this torture.” (Related article: Many people are fed up with seagulls on the beach, but it's too much.)
“I have no doubt that had you not been arrested by police you would have continued this conduct,” he said, according to ABC News Australia.
