A man who sexually abused his pet dog for years and attempted to arrange the abuse of children has been jailed after being convicted for a string of offences.
Officers were first made aware of Douglas Moore’s actions when they came across “sickening footage” of a dog being subjected to physical and sexual abuse. The content of the video was so alarming that senior officers in the Metropolitan Police were contacted and a warrant was sought to rescue the animal and arrest Moore.
Despite the 34-year-old going to great lengths to delete all evidence of his egregious misconduct, officers where able to arrest the Manchester paedophile in November 2021, rescuing the pet dog in the process.
Appearing at Minshull Street Crown Court, Moore was found guilty on 24 charges of various sex offences, including having sex with an animal, possessing extreme pornographic images that showed an act of intercourse, and oral sex with both a dead and alive animal. Further evidence on Moore’s seized devices revealed that he had attempted to organise meetings for the abuse of children and dogs and navigated the “dark web” to exchange inappropriate material.
While there is no proof that the attempted encounters were successful, Moore was also found guilty of posting offensive articles online and possessing marijuana.
“Upon discovery of the original video, we took immediate and decisive action to identify Moore and save the dog,” Pc Pete Howes, from the Online Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation Command, told the court. “I am happy to say the dog is now safe and well and being cared for. The scale of evidence compiled meant Moore was left with no option but to plead guilty. I’m pleased he is now in jail where he belongs. It is no exaggeration to say that this investigation may well have spared more animals, and humans, from coming to incredibly serious harm.”
Moore is now banned from owning animals and will be on the sex offenders register for life.
