However, when questioned, the 31-year-old claimed the filly had agreed to sex because she smelt his crotch and winked at him.

Webb-Jackson pleaded not guilty to committing an act of cruelty to an animal when he broke into stables in New South Wales, Australia.

Traumatised

The animal’s trainer said the two-year-old horse had been left ‘traumatised’ after the ‘sick’ actions of Webb-Jackson.

He said he and his staff suspected disturbances at the stables in the town of Grafton in the month before, and installed CCTV cameras as a security measure.

When the cameras triggered an alarm on the evening of January 22, a trainer saw Webb-Jackson opening a number of stables and called the police.

Scuffle

Police found Webb-Jackson crouching in the corner of a fourth open stable, where he was arrested after a short scuffle with police and taken to Grafton police station.

During police interviews Webb-Jackson admitted to committing two sexual acts with a horse.

He told police the filly smelt his crotch and winked at him, which he believed was the animal giving consent, The Daily Examiner of Grafton reported.