Holly LeGresley, 37, admitted her role in a global online network that paid people in Indonesia to record the killing and torture of monkeys, reports the BBC.
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LeGresley told the Worcester Magistrates’ Court during her trial that she uploaded 22 images and 132 videos in total between March 25 and May 8, 2022. Court was told that she did not torture or kill the monkeys herself.
The prosecution accused the woman, who was part of a Telegram group that created the idea and crowdfunded the vile images, of hatred towards pregnant women and children as well.
She will be sentenced next month and could be jailed for publishing obscene articles and intentionally encouraging animal cruelty.
Another British woman, Adriana Orme, 55, is also accused in the case but has not entered a plea in court.
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The conviction follows a BBC investigation that found 20 individuals worldwide were investigated for the trading of images and videos of the harmed monkeys. Some of vulnerable creatures were set on fire, while others were injured with tools.
LeGresley, who went by the username “The Immolator,” was among the most active participants in the global monkey torture network run by Mike Macartney, an American man.
Macartney, known as “Torture King” online, was a former motorcycle gang member who spent time in prison. He is facing up to five years in prison at his sentencing after pleading guilty this month to animal abuse charges.
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