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A pervert who kept animal porn and posted videos of himself stealing a sheep on Snapchat has dodged jail.

Ali El-Aridi, 23, filmed himself chasing and snatching the terrified animal before bundling it into his car and dumping it in a street 12 miles away.

He can be heard saying ‘I’ll eat you tonight baby girl’ as he grabs the defenceless creature.

El-Aridi then turns to the rest of the flock and says: ‘Wallah, I’ve grabbed one of your pagans’.


He took she sheep from the banks of Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire and abandoned it in the streets of Sheffield last August.



El-Aridi, from, Sheffield, was nailed after social media users spotted pictures and videos of the kidnapping and shared it on Facebook.

The sheep-snatcher said ‘I’ll eat you tonight baby girl’ as he caught the animal (Picture: SWNS)

The terrified sheep was taken 12 miles from its home and dumped in Sheffield (Picture: SWNS)

Ali El-Aridi, 23, dodged jail after being found guilty of posessing extreme pornography (Picture: SWNS)

Derbyshire Police identified El-Aridi and raided his home where they discovered extreme pornography on his mobile phone along with footage of the sheep theft.

One of the images involved a dead cat in various sexual acts with a man and a video of a horse having oral sex with a man.

Within a day, the sheep had been reunited with its owner, having been rescued from the Wincobank area of Sheffield.

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El-Aridi avoided a jail sentence after admitting theft and being found guilty of possessing extreme pornography.

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order and must complete 100 hours of unpaid work, and pay £620 in costs.

PC Andy Shaw said: ‘El-Aridi initially denied stealing the sheep but, after we had a look at his phone and found the videos, unsurprisingly the next time we interviewed him his story was somewhat different.

‘The sheer disregard for the animal’s welfare is plainly evident in El-Aridi’s video, and in fact he seemed to care significantly more about the mess it had made to his boot lining.

The animal was filmed running from El-Adridi, who stuffed it in the boot of his car (Picture: SWNS)

El-Aridi told other sheep in the flock ‘I’ve grabbed one of your pagans’ (Picture: SWNS)

The sheep desperately tried to escape El-Aridi, who had a collection of animal porn on his phone (Picture: SWNS)

He added: ‘This case was a great example of the police and the community coming together not only to recover the animal but also to secure a conviction.

‘It also shows that social media has real value in modern policing, and I hope it foes on to demonstrate to our rural communities that we are alert to crime and will take action to tackle it and put offenders before the courts.

‘Livestock theft is an ongoing problem nationally and one that we take seriously.

‘Single animals disappear in cases such as this but we also receive reports of animals being taken on a much larger scale.

‘If you have any information relating to livestock thefts please let us know, as this case hopefully proves we will investigate it fully and if we can bring those responsible to justice.’

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