March 2014

Man who had sex with girlfriend’s dog receives four-month suspended sentence

A teenager who recorded himself having sex with a Staffordshire bull terrier has been handed a suspended jail sentence.

Wayne Bryson was caught when his shocked girlfriend stumbled across footage of the attack on his mobile phone.

Bryson of Harvey’s Lane, Louth, admitted breaching the Sexual Offences Act by “performing an act of sexual penetration” on the dog on January 17.

Today he appeared at Skegness Magistrates’ Court to be sentenced.

Prosecuting solicitor Paul Woods told how Bryson’s girlfriend was looking for photographs of their child on his phone when she came across a video of her dog, called Rudi.

This picture of a Staffordshire bull terrier is NOT the actual dog which was raped

He said: “The dog was shaking in a back and forwards motion. She could see a man’s penis going in and out of the animal. The clip was about 30 seconds long.”

Defence solicitor Gordon Holt said there was nothing to suggest Bryson had sexual deviant tendencies, despite accepting that this particular act was sexually deviant.

“There may be all sorts of reasons why a boy gets up to something as stupid and disgusting as this,” he said.

He also said the 19-year-old’s entire life had been “swept away for 30 seconds of madness”.

“The consequences are extensive and will continue to blight his life. His family have disowned him and his girlfriend has ended their relationship,” he added.

“He was interviewed about the offence and he admitted he had penetrated the vagina of the dog and that he had videoed it on his phone. He said it lasted 30 seconds and that he did not ejaculate.”

Mr Holt added: “He recorded it. He does not know why but he has not circulated it.”

Bryson, who has no history of animal cruelty, was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for two years. He was also given a one-year supervision order and was ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge. He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for seven years and banned from owning animals for two years.

He also admitted to possessing 315 grammes of cannabis bush on January 22.

When magistrates adjourned to consider a report, there were jeers from the public gallery. One man shouted: “He is a beast, a dog has got no voice.”