A man has been jailed for six weeks for having sex with a goat.

Robert Newman, 23, attacked the animal in a barn in Devizes, Wiltshire, and left it so badly injured after the sick night time attack that it had to be treated by a vet.

Newman had initially denied one charge of having sex with a living animal between April 5 and April 16 this year, but later changed his plea and admitted the offence.

He had already been banned from every farm in the country in a bid to protect livestock, but magistrates jailed him for six weeks today after hearing a victim impact statement from the goat’s female owner.

The woman, who was not named, said: “My husband is worried about me being on the farm on my own.

“This person has cost us a considerable amount of money because we have had to install security cameras.

“We have also had to pay for vets fees and antibiotics for the injuries sustained by the goat.”

Defending Newman, solicitor Anne Ellery told North West Wiltshire Magistrates Court that his behaviour was a “symptom of isolation rather than depravity”.

She said: “This is a young man suffering from isolation.

“His understanding of what happened is unknown to him.

“Treatment is certainly something that he will need to seek.

“His delay in admitting the behaviour was because of the embarrassment and shame that went with it.”

In his own statement, Newman said: “I don’t want to be this bad person anymore, I just want to get on with my life and do good.

“I want to stand before you and say I am sorry and I just want to be back with my family.”

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