Kidderminster woman pleads guilty to role in monkey torture network

A woman has pleaded guilty to being part of a global monkey torture network.

Holly LeGresley, 37, from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was a participant in a private online group that paid people in Indonesia to kill and torture baby monkeys on video.

LeGresley, of Baldwin Road, pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates' Court to charges of consuming, causing and facilitating the torture of baby monkeys over the internet.

She admitted to uploading 22 images and 132 videos of monkeys being tortured to online chat groups.

7 May 2024