Women jailed over sadistic monkey torture videos

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Women jailed over sadistic monkey ******** videos

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People from across the world paid to see the videos of macaques being tortured and *******

Two women have been jailed for their part in a monkey ******** ring and behaviour described by the judge as “depraved, sickening and wicked”.

Adriana Orme, 56, from Upton upon Severn, and Holly Le Gresley, 37, from Kidderminster, previously admitted being part of the global network.

Worcester Crown Court heard graphic details of the suffering experienced by young macaques in Indonesia – with the footage sold to people around the world.

Le Gresley, who the judge said played a “leading role”, was jailed for two years, while Orme was handed a 15-month term.

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More than 130 videos and 22 images were uploaded by Le Gresley, who the court heard had been an archivist, cataloguing and distributing some of the footage.

She also made a payment to a

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account to encourage cruelty.

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Adriana Orme (left) and Holly Le Gresley (right) previously admitted being part of the network

Orme, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to publishing an obscene article by uploading one image and 26 videos of monkey ********, and to having encouraged or assisted the commission of unnecessary suffering by making a £10 payment to a

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The women’s roles were exposed after

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, before it moved to private groups on the messaging app Telegram.

The online group paid for baby long-tailed macaque monkeys to be taken from their mothers and then tortured and *******.

Members even voted on proposed methods.

A protest took place outside the court before the hearing and animal rights campaigners were allowed in the gallery.

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Adriana Orme was the second woman from Worcestershire to be charged over the monkey ******** ring

Jailing the women, Judge James Burbidge KC described their behaviour as “deplorable, abhorrent and sadistic”.

He said their offences went against any sense of compassion and were “beyond comprehension for most of society”.

“You promoted the physical ******** of monkeys by others, you shared videos and images of such ******** and ******, retained images and videos for what appeared to be your own pleasure and amusement,” he said.

He told Le Gresley she had “caused significant pain, ******** and ****** to the monkeys in Indonesia”.

In all, police recovered thousands of files from 20 devices owned by the women in a year-long investigation.

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Holly Le Gresley admitted her role in the group in May

Speaking after sentencing, West Mercia Police described it as a landmark case.

Det Ch Insp Ben Arrowsmith said it was the first time in British legal history that “charges relating to animal cruelty have been brought for offences that took place abroad, where the offenders are in the ***”.

“The hatred and deviant fascination the defendants have shown in relation to the cruelty and ****** towards monkeys is incomprehensible,” he said.

“The suffering the animals endured is sickening and sadistic; it’s impossible to comprehend how anyone could find it enjoyable.”

The force said both women had watched the videos, expressed delight at the images and regularly shared material.

Ch Insp Kevin Lacks-Kelly, head of the national wildlife ****** unit, said it was the worst cruelty he had ever seen.

Despite this being the latest in a series of high-profile ********* cases, he said that the “transnational investigation” into the global network was still ongoing.

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Le Gresley, who called herself The Immolator, was aware that she could face up to five years in jail, the judge said

In mitigation, Tom Walkling representing Le Gresley, said she had been living with the knowledge of how she had behaved, had a long history of depression and anxiety and was “likely to be diagnosed with autism disorder”.

The court also heard Le Gresley now believed she had post-traumatic stress disorder from the videos.

Curtis Myrie, representing Orme, said she had several physical illnesses and described her as “a loving mother and grandmother”.

The court also heard how pre-sentence reports recognised how well she had cared for her rescue dog, Diesel.

‘Beyond comprehension’

However, the judge disputed several of the claims made by the defence teams and rejected their calls for suspended sentences.

He also referenced Le Gresley’s knowledge of the jail time she could face if she was caught, based on comments found by police in a chat.

After the hearing, Sarah Kite, from Action for Primates, who provided evidence, said: “The complete lack of empathy both women showed for the ******* and suffering of the monkeys, some just a few days old, is so disturbing.

“To pay for someone to inflict such ********* is beyond comprehension.”

US-based animal rights group Lady Freethinker, which also helped track the global network, said the “horrors being inflicted on innocent, baby monkeys for online videos are sickening”.

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