A ‘gross’ couple had sex with their pet dog after becoming obsessed with bestiality, a court has heard.
Graham Marshall, 39, encouraged Paige Reaney, 33, into having intercourse with Charlie, their pet pug, as it was part of a ‘fantasy’ that he had after watching someone have sëx with a dog when he was younger.
But Reaney also engaged in sexual activity with the dog while she was alone, under Marshall’s instruction, prosecutor Helen Chapman told Sheffield Crown Court today.
The couple’s offending was exposed after police raided their home after officers received information suggesting Marshall was in possession of child abuse images.
Electronic devices were seized from the couple, who have two children, and police analysis uncovered a number of additional sexual offences committed solely by Marshall.
This includes the creation of an indecent image involving a child and the possession of child abuse images of all categories.
Reaney previously pleaded guilty to having intercourse with a dog and to a second charge specifying four occasions of intercourse.
During today’s hearing, she admitted a further charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, in that she subjected him to ‘habitual sexual activity’.
