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Adam Britton: British croc expert jailed for sexual abuse of dogs

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 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.

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He also admitted to four counts of accessing child abuse material.
This seems like it should have also been in the headline.
- i mean sure looking up that shit is bad but fucking dogs to death is worse i think
  
  I didn't say don't put the dog part in the headline, I said put both in the headline. "He's also a pedophile" shouldn't be something that people need to keep reading to find out about.
  
  I don't think he actually fucked the dogs to death. I think they died of actual sadistic torture.
  Which isn't any better, but somehow the former just feels worse to me.
- It's weird how often headlines bury that lede. Happened a lot with that Dutch volleyball player too. Headlines would never call him a child rapist. That's what he did yet never in the headline.
  
  On a technicality, as in the end he wasn't convicted of that under Dutch law because rape (back then) required violence. Any newspaper directly calling him a child rapist opens themselves up to a possible lawsuit.
  The sentence was adjusted in line with Dutch law, and the charge of rape was substituted for one referring to ontucht ("sexual acts that violate social-ethical norms").[21][22] After serving 13 months of his original four year sentence, he was released from prison.[17] Until 1 July 2024, Dutch law only recognised rape if force was involved.[23]
- Unless he paid for it I don't see how the two things are remotely equivalent. I'd take someone having thousands of vile images on their computer over someone who abused a child or animal even once.
I've been following this case for almost two years, the sick fuck did this in my home town.
The degree of pain this cunt inflicted is disgusting. I regret reading the detailed description of the 1B9P video, it made me sick.
To give this piece of shit the opportunity to reenter society, and potentially torture other animals, is unacceptable. 10 years doesn't cut it.
A Reddit user said:
Do not look up his crimes even if you think you've been desensitized. I glanced at the description and some of my wiring just melted. I backed the heck out and remained human. Worse than any cartel videos but with puppies. Leave it alone
Which about sums it up.
- 10 that's it?
  
  Could be six on parole if he is a good prisoner.
  I really hope fate prevents him from leaving prison in anything other than a hearse.
10 years!?! This psychopath deserves life in prison, and nothing less.
Both child abuse and animal abuse are treated far too leniently by the law. This guy should never be released.
So he's a massively gross pervert and an expert on croc footwear?
- "He tortured at least 42 dogs, killing 39 of them, according to court documents seen by the BBC"
  This is beyond being a pervert. This is a fucking serial killer. He tortured and killed the dogs in a shipping container on his property, and fed them to other animals.
  The video that got him caught involved torturing 8 puppies.
  
  And to my horror as a dog owner, he tricked pet owners into given them to him. It's not rational but it feels worse when they all had names and people who loved them.
- This is what one should expect from someone obsessed with crocs.
- Aren't all Croc wearers?
  
  Truly, this look is a red flag for bad life decisions.
- Croc-wearing gross pervert
  No, you're thinking of this guy:
- "Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two people"
  shows a picture of a massively gross pervert and an expert on croc footwear
  cuts away "they're the same people"
woa and the summary does not even get into the general description of what he did that sounds so bad I don't want any details. I want to hit I need to take a half day in chat and then take tomorrow to.
- I've read a more detailed summary than what is currently available by doing a search.
  It actually took me a week to read the description though, I just couldn't process how someone could be this sick.
  I regret knowing the details, I am sick with anger whenever I think about Britton.
  To know it happened in my hometown makes it so much worse to me.
56 counts?!
IT IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH, ADAM! CHRIST!
Wtf
He really loves dogs. Adam should be put to sleep.
Say what now?!
What was the clue?
- RTFA
  Britton usually went to great lengths to avoid identifying himself or his location in his videos, but in this one a bright orange City of Darwin dog leash could be seen in the background.
- He left his driver's license in the background. /s
  
  Lol, I read that he left a leach indicating the city he lived in, and the police figured the rest out.
Capital punishment imo
- Yeah this is worse than pedophilia.
  
  Anyone who down votes this has no idea how fucked up Britton was.
  As someone who was sexually abused as a child, I can say with certainty that Britton's capacity to inflict suffering far surpasses 99% of child rapists.
  If you disagree, I'm certain you do not know the details of Britton's crimes.
He'll be dead soon, scum like that dont last too long in prison. Maybe a gofund me for someone's commissary to grease the wheels.
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