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A man who had sex with a goat has been banned from every farm in the country in a bid to protect the animals.

Robert Newman initially denied having intercourse with the goat at a farm in Wiltshire in April.

But the 23-year-old changed his plea to guilty at North West Wiltshire Magistrates Court in Chippenham yesterday.

He had been due to stand trial for the offence but changed his plea to guilty and will be sentenced on September 12, after a pre-sentence report has been prepared.

Newman, of Devizes, Wilts, was ordered to keep away from farmyard animals and stay indoors between 7am and 7pm.

Last week an American man was charged with six counts of crimes against nature and one count of cruelty to an animal after repeatedly having sex with a cat.

(Image: Ada County Sheriff's Office)

Ryan Havens Tannenholz, 28, of Idaho, enjoyed dressing up as a dog called called Bubblegum Husky before sexually abusing the cat.

And a year ago a dad-of-three from Gloucestershire walked free from court after being convicted of having sex with his ex-wife’s dog.

Nicholas Saunders, 46, was caught having intercourse with a four-year-old bull mastiff called Sasha in former wife Kelly Thacker’s bed.