He was spotted talking to a herd of 150 cows and masturbating in fields belonging to Park Lodge Farm in Uxbridge, west London, several times. (Picture: National News)

A pensioner has been found guilty of outraging public decency after he was caught with his arm inside a cow.

John Curno, 80, was banned from every farm in Britain when he was spotted stroking and talking to a herd of 150 cows and masturbating in fields several times in summer 2017.

One one occasion, he was seen inserting his left arm up to his shoulder into a cow’s rear end while performing a solo sex act.

When he was eventually caught he tried to flee with his pants around his ankles but fell into mud after tripping over a stile.


The pensioner was said to have told police who arrested him: ‘I have a weakness with animals.’



Magistrates found him guilty of two counts of outraging public decency and he was due to be sentenced today.

Curno, who uses a walking stick, was also spotted by two sisters – from their home nearby (Picture: National News)

However, the hearing was adjourned in order for experts to assess his mental health.

Witness Meave McHugh spotted Curno from her cottage conservatory, which overlooks Park Lodge Farm in Uxbridge, west London.

She said: ‘I had binoculars as well, there was a man standing in and amongst a group of cows.

‘He found one that did not seem to mind too much, he was stroking it and talking to it, he was all over it.

‘The next time I looked he had put his left arm with his walking stick up on the back of the cow.

‘It went on for about 20 or 30 minutes.

‘Whilst we were watching the cow had rotated so I could see the front of the cow and the man was behind the cow and his trousers came down and it was in the motion of him having sex with the cow, up and down.’

During his arrest the pensioner told police: ‘I’m not a violent person, I have a weakness with animals’. (Picture: PA)

Susan Howie, who described her herd as part of her family, also caught the pensioner twice.

She said: ‘I was disgusted, we gave nobody permission to touch or interfere with our cows, it might seem funny to you but they are family they are not just cows.’.

Defending, Jim Olphert said: ‘There are issues to do with Mr Curno’s state of mind at the time of the offence.

‘There is a provisional report available from the psychologist which suggests Mr Curno is suffering from symptoms consistent with dementia.’

District Judge Deborah Wright adjourned the sentencing until March 29 pending a psychiatrist’s report on Curno’s health.

He was told current bail conditions banning him from visiting any farm will remain in place until he is sentenced.

He is set to be sentenced later in March.

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