A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his “wife”, after he was caught having sex with the animal.
The goat’s owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders.
They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to Mr Alifi.
“We have given him the goat, and as far as we know they are still together,” Mr Alifi said.
Mr Alifi, Hai Malakal in Upper Nile State, told the Juba Post newspaper that he heard a loud noise around midnight on 13 February and immediately rushed outside to find Mr Tombe with his goat.
“When I asked him: ‘What are you doing there?’, he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up”.
Mr Alifi then called elders to decide how to deal with the case.
“They said I should not take him to the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used it as his wife,” Mr Alifi told the newspaper.
As a packed Hull to Bridlington train stopped at signals, dozens of passengers stared out in amazement as Stephen Hall, a 23-year-old chef had sex with a goat.
Police were summoned by passengers on the train and two bystanders subdued the goat shagger until they arrived.
A vet who examined the goat said it has not suffered any long-term injury.
Yesterday, Hall, who is gay, admitted a sex charge involving an animal to Judge Jacqueline Davies. He is due to be sentenced on March 13.
“My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time —
To let the punishment fit the crime —
The punishment fit the crime;
And make each prisoner pent
Unwillingly represent
A source of innocent merriment!”
