NT crocodile expert Adam Britton jailed for more than 10 years for ‘grotesque’ animal cruelty and torture
Adam Britton guilty of 56 offences related to the torture and sexual exploitation of dogs on his rural property
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A prominent crocodile expert and Charles Darwin University academic has been jailed for more than 10 years over his “grotesque” depravity and cruelty in torturing and killing dozens of dogs.
Adam Robert Corden Britton was sentenced in Northern Territory 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.
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