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| Kiwi accused out on bail in rabbit sex case 14 October 2005 By CHRIS BARCLAY A former Auckland finance executive charged with bestiality and aggravated cruelty against rabbits and a guinea pig, remains free on bail, angering an Australian animal rights group who fear Brendan Francis McMahon could continue his alleged offending. Lara Nettle, president of the Australian Companion Rabbit Society, implored Sydney pet store owners to remain vigilant after the 36-year-old was remanded without plea on bail after making a brief appearance in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today. McMahon is charged with one count of bestiality with a rabbit and 18 counts of aggravated cruelty involving rabbits and a guinea pig. He was arrested in August after a three-week police surveillance operation and originally remanded in custody after dismembered rabbit carcasses were found in a lane outside his central city office. However, he was released on bail after a hearing last month on condition he did not enter pet shop premises. McMahon, dressed in a suit and wearing dark glasses, did not comment when he emerged from the court building into a media scrum with his lawyer and an unidentified woman. He is due to reappear in court on November 10. Ms Nettle watched the proceedings and outside the court expressed concern that McMahon was allowed to walk free. "I would be very surprised if he was not out there in pet shops looking for victims in about 10 minutes," said Ms Nettle, who is preparing a victim impact report for the police and Department of Public Prosecutions. Soon after his arrest McMahon admitted to an addiction to the amphetamine ice but Ms Nettle doubted drugs were solely to blame. "It didn't happen overnight. You don't take a drug and go 'Mmm, rabbits'. "I don't think it's incidental. This builds up over time and it's not something that will stop either." Ms Nettle praised one Sydney pet shop central to the investigation that has subsequently introduced a policy where men purchasing rabbits have to fill out ownership papers and provide identification. "I applaud that shop," Ms Nettle said, lamenting it was straightforward to buy rabbits without attracting suspicion. "Nobody raises their eyebrows when a man buys three rabbits at a time and then comes back a week later for three more." Ms Nettle said all Australian pet outlets should follow the Sydney businesses' lead and demand identification. "That would stop this sort of thing happening or at the very least minimise it," she said. McMahon was put under surveillance after pet store staff noticed he had marks consistent with rabbit scratches on his face |
| QUOTE (Fez @ Oct 14 2005, 09:51 AM) |
| "It didn't happen overnight. You don't take a drug and go 'Mmm, rabbits'. |
| QUOTE (Sardonic @ Oct 14 2005, 11:11 AM) | ||
What a classic line! |
| QUOTE (samf @ Oct 14 2005, 11:26 AM) |
| Or he should be locked up with nothing but a porcupine to provide satisfaction. Let him out in a few months and he'll be quite reformed. |
| QUOTE (Fez @ Oct 14 2005, 12:37 PM) |
| Because I know I want a rabbit fuckers organs |
| QUOTE (Adolf Chiang @ Oct 14 2005, 11:31 AM) | ||
I think he deserves a public death by firing squad. That'll teach all those perverts not to mess with the animals or children. We should then sell his organs (not many donors around) and grind the rest into fertiliser. |
| QUOTE (Fez @ Oct 14 2005, 12:37 PM) |
| Because I know I want a rabbit fuckers organs |
| QUOTE (Adolf Chiang @ Oct 14 2005, 04:28 PM) |
| I think the child rapist deserves death as he has harmed (to the point of impossible recovery) a fellow, innocent human being. The zoophiliac has degraded himself to a subhuman level, so he deserves death too. |