NEW DELHI: Zoologist Adam Britton is facing a 249-year jail term after he admitted to 60 charges including abusing 42 dogs, out of which 39 died. He also filmed and posted videos of the act.
The crocodile expert faces charges including eight counts of bestiality, punishable by up to three years, four counts of possessing and distributing child abuse material, with a maximum penalty of 10 years, and 37 counts of aggravated animal cruelty, carrying a maximum sentence of five years each, The Sun reported.
‘I had repressed it’
In one of the posts, Britton wrote, “I had repressed it. In the last few years I let it out again and now I can’t stop. I don’t want to.”
One month after the video was posted, authorities conducted a raid at his residence in Darwin and took him into custody.
They discovered over a dozen files of child abuse material on one of his laptops.
‘Rapist, torturer, murderer’: Protestors demand death penalty for Britton
Protestors stood with placards demanding death penalty for Britton even though the capital punishment has been abolished in Australia.
“Death penalty for Adam Britton,” a placard read.
“Rapist, torturer, murderer,” read another.
“He’s got to be punished so people don’t think that animals are something that can be exploited and abused. We realise [the death penalty] isn’t going to happen… but incarcerated forever would be my personal choice,” a protestor said.
Britton’s defense team informed the court that he had been affected by “paraphilia” during the entire two-year period when these serious offenses occurred. It is a condition in which a person regularly experiences strong sexual fantasies involving unusual objects, places, situations, or behaviors.
The crocodile expert faces charges including eight counts of bestiality, punishable by up to three years, four counts of possessing and distributing child abuse material, with a maximum penalty of 10 years, and 37 counts of aggravated animal cruelty, carrying a maximum sentence of five years each, The Sun reported.
‘I had repressed it’
In one of the posts, Britton wrote, “I had repressed it. In the last few years I let it out again and now I can’t stop. I don’t want to.”
One month after the video was posted, authorities conducted a raid at his residence in Darwin and took him into custody.
They discovered over a dozen files of child abuse material on one of his laptops.
‘Rapist, torturer, murderer’: Protestors demand death penalty for Britton
Protestors stood with placards demanding death penalty for Britton even though the capital punishment has been abolished in Australia.
“Death penalty for Adam Britton,” a placard read.
“Rapist, torturer, murderer,” read another.
“He’s got to be punished so people don’t think that animals are something that can be exploited and abused. We realise [the death penalty] isn’t going to happen… but incarcerated forever would be my personal choice,” a protestor said.
Britton’s defense team informed the court that he had been affected by “paraphilia” during the entire two-year period when these serious offenses occurred. It is a condition in which a person regularly experiences strong sexual fantasies involving unusual objects, places, situations, or behaviors.
‘World’s worst animal abuser’: Zoologist Adam Britton faces 249-year jail for raping, killing over 40 dogs