Graham Marshall, 39, and Paige Reaney, 33, painted a picture of a normal, law-abiding life, but beneath the surface lurked a depraved sexual obsession with animals
A couple who had sex with their pug painted a normal life on Facebook as pictures of the sick pair resurfaced after their vile crimes came to light.
Graham Marshall, 39, and Paige Reaney, 33, can be seen frolicking in a hot tub and sticking their tongues out for the camera in selfies posted to social media.
In the carefree snaps, they appear like any other loved-up, law-abiding couple, just having fun and enjoying each other’s company. But the depraved pair – who had been in a relationship since Reaney was 17 – shared dark secrets, which were revealed in court this week.
The couple, of Sheffield, South Yorks., filmed themselves sexually abusing their pet pug Charlie over three years in a case a judge branded the “worst” of its kind he had experienced in almost half a century of covering courts.
Reaney escaped jail and was handed a suspended sentence for engaging in a range of sex acts with the “poor, helpless creature”.
But Marshall, who Judge Jeremy Richardson KC said “wallowed in a swamp of sexual depravity”, was jailed for five years on Monday.
Sheffield Crown Court heard how, between August 2019 and December 2022, on no fewer than five occasions, he helped Reaney have sex with the animal.
Authorities were first alerted to Marshall in 2019 when he was found in possession of illegal images of a child.
Several electronic devices were seized and cops uncovered evidence of both child exploitation and bestiality.
Additionally, it was revealed that Marshall had installed a hidden camera in a women’s restroom to film unsuspecting victims.
Marshall faced multiple charges, including aiding and abetting sexual acts with an animal, arranging such acts, possessing extreme pornographic material, creating and possessing indecent images of children, and voyeurism.
Reaney was charged with multiple counts of engaging in bestiality and possession of related images.
She was sentenced to a nine-month prison term, suspended for two years. She must complete 30 rehabilitation activity sessions and will be subject to notification requirements for 10 years.
Both individuals were banned from keeping animals.
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