Footage of a woman having sex with a tiger is found at Ilkeston man's home
AN Ilkeston man has been placed on the sex offenders’ register after being caught in possession of a video showing a tiger having sex with a woman.
Police said it was unclear where the sick footage was filmed – but investigating officer Detective Constable Tarj Nizzer did say it did not appear the wild cat was sedated.
The video was found by Derbyshire police at the home of David Clarke, of Ockbrook Court.
Officers tracked down the 43-year-old after a lost phone found in he seaside town of Eastbourne contained explicit text messages sent by him, which appeared to be about children.
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Police raided Clarke’s home and arrested him.
At Derby Crown Court, he admitted having extreme pornography and distributing indecent photographs of children.
He was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and must carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work, as well as paying £435 prosecution costs.
Judge Ebrahim Mooncey also placed Clarke on the sex offenders' register and banned him from working with children for ten years.
Det Con Tarj Nizzer said it was an appalling video.
“It is hard to say where the footage was filmed,” he said. “It does not look like any force has been used or that the tiger was sedated.”
Katarina Sjolin, prosecuting, said police in Eastbourne searched the lost phone after it was handed into officers in February 2011. Ms Sjolin said they had been looking for clues as to who owned the phone. She said: “They were surprised to find explicit text messages which appeared to involve different people discussing children.”
In an interview with a probation officer, Clarke said he responded to an advert in the back of a magazine and began to exchange texts with strangers, the court heard.
When questioned, Clarke “denied that he found the images sexually arousing” said Miss Sjolin.
In sentencing Clarke, Judge Mooncey told him: “It transpires over a period of time you engaged in distributing and possessing images of the most unsavoury kind.
“You used the expression that most of the images made you feel sick, which gives some indication how horrendous the whole thing is.”
The judge said there was no evidence to suggest Clarke was involved in widespread distribution of pictures and pointed out that he pleaded guilty at an early stage.
Clarke, who did not have a legal representative in court, said he had stopped using the internet and told the judge: “I have only got a Facebook account.”
During the investigation, police found Clarke “appeared to have sent some messages”.
Officers seized several mobile phones and a laptop. He admitted that he “sent and received explicit texts”.
After the case, Det Con Tarj Nizzer said: “We are pleased he pleaded guilty to his crimes. We hope it sends a message out that the possession and distribution of indecent material is something we will investigate very thoroughly.
“We will continue to investigate the part other people played in it.”
He was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and must carry out 180 hours of unpaid community work, as well as paying £435 prosecution costs.
Clarke was also placed on the sex offenders' register.
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