‘THE EXCHANGES WERE SOME OF MOST SICKENING I’VE EVER READ’
56-year-old jailed after police got National Crime Agency tip-off
DEPRAVED Dean Beer filmed himself having sex with his dog and sent the video to another person.
Police went to the 56-year-old’s home after receiving information from the National Crime Agency about the uploading of an indecent category C image.
His phone contained two inaccessible category C images of young girls aged between 13 and 15 and extreme pornographic images of people having penetrative sexual activity with dogs and a horse.
And there was a conversation on Facebook Messenger between the defendant and another in which the defendant was encouraged to film himself having sex with his dog.
He had sex with his dog and sent the film to the other person.
Now Beer has been jailed for nine months at Stoke-on-trent Crown Court.
Prosecutor Maria Brannan said police attended the defendant’s home on July 21, 2020.
Miss Brannan said: “A Land Rover mobile phone was recovered. It contained two inaccessible category C images featuring girls aged between 13 and 15; three accessible extreme pornographic images and six still and two moving images of adult females having penetrative sexual activity with dogs and a horse.
“The search term ‘dog porn’ was used six times.
“A conversation was found on Facebook messenger between the defendant, ‘Taffy Dean’, and a person who has not been arrested.
The conversation concerned sexual abuse of the defendant’s dog.”
Beer, formerly of Stoke-ontrent but now of Wentloog Close, Cwmbran, Wales, pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children; possession of an extreme pornographic image; intercourse with an animal; and publishing an obscene article.
Andrew Molloy, mitigating, said the defendant, who has no previous convictions, has now lost his good character.
Mr Molloy added: “He is quite embarrassed about his conduct. He says it is out of character for him to behave in this way.
“It is almost two years since and he has not been involved in any trouble. He has self-referred to a mental health institution and is engaging well.”
He said the defendant no longer has the dog and urged Judge David Fletcher to suspend the sentence. But the judge said only an immediate jail sentence was appropriate.
Judge Fletcher said: “The exchanges on Facebook were some of the most sickening exchanges I have ever had to read about and deal with.”
Beer was made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and was placed on the sex offenders’ register for the same period.