A crocodile expert who raped and killed dogs has been jailed for more than 10 years over his ‘grotesque’ depravity.
COURT RULING
Adam Robert Corden Britton was sentenced in Darwin Supreme Court on Thursday having previously pleaded guilty to 56 offences related to the torture and sexual exploitation of more than 42 dogs on his rural property.
Britton, who was born in the UK, was sentenced to 10 years and five months with a non-parole period of six years, backdated to his April 2022 arrest.
Chief Justice Michael Grant warned the public gallery that he would have to describe Britton’s offending that included ‘grotesque cruelty toward animals’.
‘Your depravity falls outside any ordinary human conception,’ Justice Grant told Britton.
Justice Grant also ordered Britton be banned from owning or having on his property mammal-type animals for the term of his natural life.
DEFENSE ARGUMENTS
Britton’s barrister, who has asked not to be named because she has been subject to personal abuse and threats for representing him, had argued a lifetime ban on all animal ownership was an ‘extreme measure’.
She argued Britton should be allowed to own or live with any creatures other than ‘mammals’ and the ban should not lifetime because of the ‘reasonable prospects of rehabilitation’.
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MORE ABOUT BRITTON CRIMES
Britton began offending in 2014 and continued until his arrest in April 2022 after a video of his vile acts, which he had shared online, was anonymously provided to Northern Territory animal welfare authorities.
The agreed facts stated Britton extensively filmed his offending in his so-called ‘torture room’ and shared videos online under pseudonyms while encouraging others to commit similar offences and offering ‘how to’ advice.
