A man rejected by his ex-wife went on to have sex with her bull mastiff dog shortly afterwards, a court heard today.Kelly Thacker claims to have found her ex-husband Nicholas Saunders, with whom she has two children, in her bed having intercourse with the animal on January 15 last year.The 46-year-old denies the charge but accepts he was naked in the bed with the dog.Gloucester Crown Court heard Saunders had been kicked out of his house following an argument with his girlfriend and had sought out sympathy at his ex-wife’s home.The pair had remained on friendly terms following their separation and Saunders, from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, had visited Mrs Thacker and stayed overnight at her house in the past.But, the prosecution said, Saunders was looking for more than just comfort that night and when Mrs Thacker made it clear to him he did not have a chance with her he turned to the large dog, named Sasha.Frank Abbott told the jury of seven women and five men that Saunders had got undressed and climbed into Mrs Thacker’s bed while she went downstairs to sleep.He said: ‘A little later, the dogs – one of which is a bull mastiff, a large dog – came upstairs and laid on the bed. He said to the dog “You’ve just ruined my chances.”
Culled from Sun Uk