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A Victorian farmer accused of raping a pig has been acquitted after a judge ruled evidence in the case was acquired illegally.<\/p>\n
Bradley O\u2019Reilly was accused of one charge of bestiality after he was allegedly filmed sexually assaulting a sow on Midland Bacon pig farm in Carag Carag, northern Victoria.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old was allegedly filmed raping the pig, labelled Sow No. 8416, in February 2024 by a secret camera installed by the Farm Transparency Project, a group of animal rights activists.<\/p>\n
It is believed the Farm Transparency Project were attempting to investigate alleged animal abuse when the footage, allegedly showing Mr O\u2019Reilly, was obtained.<\/p>\n
The Farm Transparency Project later named the sow Olivia.<\/p>\n
According to the Daily Mail, Mr O\u2019Reilly was acquitted of his single charge by a Magistrate Williams last week, who said the method by which the Farm Transparency Project installed the CCTV was illegal and therefore could not be used as evidence against the accused.<\/p>\n
\u201cVigilantism, even for laudable reasons, cannot and should not be encouraged,\u201d Magistrate Williams said.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Williams said the way Victoria Police dealt with the case was \u201crecklessly deceptive\u201d and \u201cplainly improper\u201d, after the judge claimed they tried to deceive Mr O\u2019Reilly into confessing while in custody.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not about punishing you or trying to embarrass you or anything like that, Bradley… we\u2019re here to help you,\u201d one officer said in a 24-minute secret recording, which was allegedly unbeknownst to Mr O\u2019Reilly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can be honest with us about what\u2019s going on… because that\u2019s the only way we can help you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officers later stated that Mr O\u2019Reilly had confessed, but after they had stopped recording.<\/p>\n
The court also heard Mr O\u2019Reilly was not offered his right to speak to a lawyer before the secretly-recorded interview began, and that officers led him to believe he would not be charged if he cooperated with them.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Williams told the court the recorded conversation was \u201cdeliberately misleading\u201d, and that officers implied O\u2019Reilly would not be charged despite assuming a bestiality charge was \u2018likely\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe obtaining of a conviction on the basis of that evidence is bought at a price which is unacceptable having regard to contemporary standards. Accordingly, I\u2019d also refuse to the record of interview,\u201d the Magistrate said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source; Perth Now<\/a><\/p>\n
US federal immigration officer charged with harboring undocumented person<\/h3>\n
A federal immigration supervisor who allegedly lived with his undocumented girlfriend has been charged with harboring an undocumented person, Texas federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Andres Wilkinson\u2019s alleged \u201cromantic relationship\u201d with this woman caught the eye of authorities last spring. Authorities later received information \u201cindicating\u201d the woman was Wilkinson\u2019s niece, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn April 23, 2025, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) received information from Homeland Security Investigations that Elva Edith Garcia-Vallejo, a nonimmigrant, was residing [redacted] Laredo, TX, without legal authorization,\u201d the complaint alleges. \u201cAdditionally, the information indicated that Garcia-Vallejo was living with her boyfriend, Supervisory CBP Officer (SCBPO) Andres Wilkinson, who was aware of her unlawful status in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
On 14 May 2025, CBP\u2019s OPR \u201creceived law enforcement database research indicating that Garcia-Vallejo is SCPO Wilkinson\u2019s niece\u201d, it says. Garcia-Vallejo, the complaint states, is the \u201cdaughter\u201d of a man whom Wilkinson \u201clisted as \u2026 his brother in his 2023 background investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wilkinson, 52, allegedly gave her financial support, such as \u201chousing, credit cards, assistance with financial obligations and access to vehicle[s] registered in his name\u201d, authorities said. Wilkinson\u2019s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on prosecutors\u2019 allegations, nor did Elva Edith Garcia-Vallejo\u2019s lawyer. Court documents indicate he did not yet enter a plea.<\/p>\n
Wilkinson, who started at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2001 and was promoted to his leadership role two decades later, counted \u201coverseeing the enforcement of customs and immigration laws\u201d as part of his duties, prosecutors said. Prosecutors claim that Wilkinson also \u201ctransported the illegal alien through US border patrol checkpoints\u201d.<\/p>\n
This complaint alleges that his girlfriend entered the US around August 2023 with a non-immigrant visa, which permitted travel for \u201cpleasure\/tourism\u201d to San Antonio, Texas. The expiry of this permit was 4 February 2024.<\/p>\n
She started living in the US with her husband in Laredo, Texas. He petitioned for her to remain in January 2024 but canceled this request in April 2025.<\/p>\n
CBP investigators started conducting surveillance on the woman and \u201cobserved the illegal alien living there with Wilkinson and her minor child\u201d, prosecutors said. CBP investigators approached the woman in February 2026 and interviewed her.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe woman admitted that she had been living with her uncle, SCBPO Wilkinson, since on or about August 2024,\u201d according to the complaint. The woman alleged that Wilkinson knew she was working with a lawyer to address her immigration status.<\/p>\n
During a search of documents, authorities allegedly found a May 2025 document in which Wilkinson \u201cconfirmed to the Border Region\/Behavioral Health Center that Garcia-Vallejo and her daughters had been residing at his home as part of his household since December 7, 2024\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear from the complaint whether Wilkinson and the woman were related by relatives\u2019 marriage or by blood. It is also unclear whether \u201cuncle\u201d was being used in the informal manner that sometimes signifies a close family-friend relationship.<\/p>\n
The southern district of Texas prosecutors\u2019 office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n