Gosport pensioner appears in court over accusation he had sex with dog causing it "unnecessary suffering"
A Gosport pensioner has appeared in court over accusations he had sex with a dog.
Terence Bennett, 66, of Cornwell Close, Rowner, is charged with causing an animal unnecessary suffering after he allegedly was “holding the dog and thrusting into the rear of it” inside a property on October 27, 2021. Bennett appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court and denied the single charge at his trial.
But the case was adjourned after a witness was unable to attend the trial after their dog died. The dog was not the subject of the allegation.
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Police previously confirmed they had been called to reports of a “man having sex with a dog” before making an arrest. A police spokesman said at the time: “We can confirm that a man in his 60s has been arrested on suspicion of a sexual offence involving a living animal. This follows an incident involving a dog at an address in Gosport, which was reported to police shortly after 8pm on October 27.”
The charge stated: “You caused unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a dog, by an act, namely, holding the dog and thrusting into the rear of it in a sexual motion.”
Bennett was granted unconditional bail to appear back at the court on April 8. The case has been hit by several delays already – with the trial now set to take place two and a half years after the alleged offence.
The dog was previously seized and put into kennels after being taken into care by the RSPCA.