HORRIFYING MONKEY TORTURE RING EXPOSED AS KILLERS USE BLENDERS AND FILM DEPRAVITY
LeGresley, known as 'The Immolater' online - was jailed for two years after admitting to uploading 22 images and 132 videos of monkeys being tortured, and making a payment to a PayPal account to encourage cruelty.Mother-of-three Adriana Orme, aged 56, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to publishing an obscene article by uploading one image and 26 videos of monkey torture, and to having encouraged or assisted the commission of unnecessary suffering by making a £10 payment to a PayPal account.
Judge James Burbidge KC said Orme and LeGresley, from Upton-upon-Severn and Kidderminster respectively, had joined online chat groups which encouraged torture of monkeys by offenders based in Indonesia.
The vile network involved a private online group that paid people in Indonesia to kill and torture baby monkeys on video.
The BBC investigation found that dozens of groups on platforms like Telegram, Facebook, and YouTube share extreme images and videos of animal cruelty, with some members involved in or supporting the torture.
The investigation also uncovered that the network originated on YouTube but shifted to private Telegram groups to evade moderation.
Among the perpetrators was M Ajis Rasjana, who owned 'Mini' the monkey and was sentenced to eight months in Indonesia, the maximum penalty for animal torture.
His residence was found to contain a blender and a power drill, both allegedly used in the abuse.
Additionally, Asep Yadi Nurul Hikmah was convicted of animal torture and the sale of protected species, receiving a three-year sentence.
The investigation found that individuals like Stacey Storey, a 46-year-old grandmother, shared disturbing torture videos from Alabama, USA, and was sentenced to three years and four months for conspiracy to create and distribute animal crushing videos.
The networks have expanded despite efforts by platform providers to remove such content, revealing a disturbing international scope of animal abuse involving both online and physical offenders.
