Andrew Joezf Cutler in Port Macquarie Local Court after bestiality, weapons charges

An ex-soldier and lifetime registered child sex offender who pumped iron in his backyard gym to an array of disturbing bestiality videos to “boost testosterone” has appeared in court.

Port Macquarie Courthouse. Picture: Janine Watson.

An ex-soldier and lifetime registered child sex offender who pumped iron in his backyard gym to an array of disturbing bestiality videos to “boost testosterone” will soon be sentenced for his crimes in Port Macquarie District Court after entering guilty pleas.

Police documents state Andrew Joezf Cutler became a “registrable person” under the Child Protection Offenders Registration Act for life due to multiple child exploitation material convictions in Queensland.

Under the act, police must regularly verify his information – and when they checked his Port Macquarie home in February last year officers made an alarming find.

Cutler was granted NSW Supreme Court Bail in May last year and in December he pleaded guilty to several charges including possessing bestiality material and two counts of possessing or using a prohibited weapon.

During his bail application it was heard Cutler had 68 videos of animated women having sex with animals.

Andrew Joezf Cutler leaves Port Macquarie District Court on Monday May 26, 2025.

“The accused stated that he watched pornography on both his computer, phone and a USB which he had recently put in a television he had set up outside in his backyard gym,” court documents outlined.

“The accused stated that he viewed the pornography images while out the back working out to increase testosterone during his workouts.”

Andrew Cutler, 49, has been charged with possessing bestiality material and military-style weapons at his Port Macquarie home in February 2024. Picture: Supplied

He informed police he had downloaded the bestiality videos and thought he could have possession of them as they were animated, it was heard during his bail plea.

In relation to the weapons uncovered at his home, he told police he had been collecting them over a ten-year period and intended to set up a display on his wall.

When considering bail, Justice Deborah Sweeney said “he seems to have a fascination with material that most people would find repugnant”.

Solicitor Phillip Ryan submitted Cutler had a history of PTSD after serving in the army, including in East Timor, and proposed he could attend a GP for a mental healthcare treatment plan if granted bail.

The Crown strongly opposed the application, stating if he lived alone as proposed, no-one would be ensuring Cutler’s compliance on bail.

Justice Sweeney noted Cutler had previously been charged with failing to comply with his reporting obligations and firearm possession pertaining to gel blasters.

“I think that while the material that he has a fascination with is of concern, it does not appear that he has ever gone out and used any of the weapons that he seems to have a fascination with to cause harm or threaten harm to anybody,” Justice Sweeney said.

While on bail he has been reporting to police daily and abiding by an evening curfew.

Cutler is due to be sentenced in the Port Macquarie District Court on June 3.

He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing child abuse material, which is set for a hearing in the same court on June 10.

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