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Bennett was caught after a neighbour saw him sexually abusing the nine-year-old Staffy/Rottweiler cross, Ali, through a gap in his curtains. The neighbour, Kelly Nelson, witnessed Bennett “holding the dog and thrusting into the rear of it” while the animal screamed in pain and distress.
Prosecuting Laura Jenking-Rees said Ms Nelson had been walking home from the shops with food for her children in Gosport on October 28, 2021, when she heard ‘loud’ and ‘distressed’ cries from the animal.
She said:’ [Ms Nelson] describes it as horrible and sickening, it sounded as if the animal was in pain.
The passerby then looked into Bennett’s window to further investigate, and witnessed the pensioner committing an act that was ‘sickening to watch’.
‘She went home and spoke to a neighbour who advised her to report it to the RSPCA. They told her to call the police,’ Ms Jenking-Rees said.
‘The defendant was arrested and his dog was seized. The RSPCA officer described Ali as very nervous and anxious and as being one of the fattest dogs she had ever seen.
‘The defendant was interviewed under caution, he denied all the allegations, attributing it to a grudge his neighbours had."
Ms Nelson, who lives a few streets away, told the court it was ‘obvious’ to her what Bennett was doing and that Ali’s cries were ‘chilling’.
She said: ‘I heard an animal in pain, it wasn’t normal, I have got a dog and if I was to here a cry like that I would be straight outside.
‘It was chilling, an awful noise.’
When asked by Ms Jenking-Rees what she could see, Ms Nelson said: ‘It was obvious what he was doing, put it that way.’
In his defence, Bennett insisted he would never have sex with his dog and that the rear injuries may have been caused by her eating bones.
He said: ‘I swear on my mother’s life, I would not do that sort of thing. I certainly was not doing that, I was brushing her maybe.
‘I think it is disgusting. I swear the injuries were not by me, she has been eating a lot of bones.’
He also claimed that Ali was an anxious dog because she had been bitten by a previous owner.
The dog suffered injuries and was passed into the care of the RSPCA.
Sentencing Bennett, District Judge David Robinson described the scene witnessed by the neighbour as ‘disgusting’.
He said: ‘[She] is still traumatised to this day by what she saw. You caused Ali a substantial level of pain.
‘The aggravating feature is the nature of this disgusting act which you inflicted on the dog for your sexual pleasure.
‘I am going to disqualify you from keeping animals, I am going to make it indefinite because I am concerned there may be repetition of behaviour such as this.’
Mitigating, Roni Pittman explained that Bennett is ‘vulnerable’ and has been ‘hugely affected’ by isolation in his area, dating back to before this incident.
She said: ‘Bennett has had trouble in the local area for a number of years.
‘His issues have affected his physical and mental health, isolation in the area has had a huge effect on him.’
Ms Pittman added that he had been of good character since 1991, although details of that conviction were not disclosed to the court.
The trial heard that Bennett had owned Ali for somewhere between five and eight years.
Sentencing | one-year suspended prison sentence; 25 rehabilitation days; £128 statutory surcharge and costs of £400. Disqualified from keeping animals indefinitely but can appeal after.
