Teenager accused of having sex with dog

A teenager was allegedly caught having sexual intercourse with a sheepdog named ‘Rosie’ a court heard. Spiky-haired Thomas Fletcher is accused of breaking into a bedroom - where two dogs had been locked away for their own safety - and carried out two depraved acts of bestiality.

The stunned jury at Reading Crown Court heard that 18-year-old Fletcher’s shocking crimes were discovered by his foster mother, Tina Sharp, who had left a voice-activated dictaphone in the room with the dogs at the house in Boveney Road, Eton Wick.

Mrs Sharp had become concerned about the welfare of Rosie and her retriever cross collie, named Ralph, because they had begun to ‘cower’ in the presence of Fletcher. “Such were her concerns that she did not just lock them in there, she locked them in with a voice-activated dictaphone,” said Oliver Dunkin, prosecuting.



Before subjecting the court to the harrowing six minutes of audio evidence, Mr Dunkin warned the jury of its explicit nature. The jury of five men and seven woman was visibly shocked by what they heard and some covered their faces with their hands.

The female dog was also taken away by police for medical tests. “When Rosie was seen by the vet she was terrified and her pupils were dilated,” said Mr Dunkin. Medical swabs taken from the defendant immediately after his arrest revealed a 100 per cent match with the DNA of both dogs.

Throughout the traumatic audio evidence and graphic description of the perverted sex attack, smartly-dressed Fletcher bit his fingernails and played with his pierced lip. He denies a charge of intercourse with an animal. The trial continues.