Sentenced: British Woman Admits Being Part Of Monkey Torture Network

[Sugar Cookie]

A female has pleaded guilty to being involved in a global monkey torturing ring.

Adriana Orme's role was exposed after a BBC investigation into the network, which began life on YouTube, before moving to private groups on the messaging app Telegram.

Worcester Crown Court heard that the 56-year-old played a major role in an online group that paid for baby monkeys to be taken from their mothers, then tortured, and killed, for pleasure.

Orme, from Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, was charged with publishing an obscene article and intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence, namely causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

Ormes will be sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on 25 October, alongside another woman, Holly Le Gresley, 37, from Kidderminster, who also admitted being part of the group.

BBC journalists went undercover in one of the main Telegram torture groups, where hundreds of people gathered to come up with extreme torture ideas and commission people in Indonesia and other Asian countries to carry them out.

The goal was to create bespoke films in which baby long-tailed macaque monkeys were abused, tortured and sometimes then killed on film.

In relation to the charge of publishing an obscene article, Orme was accused of sending one image and 26 videos featuring monkey torture into chat groups, between 14 March 2022 and 16 June 2022.


The charge of encouraging an offence involved a £10 payment by Orme to a PayPal account - the price of seeing a baby macaque being tortured.

Police officers and staff spent more than a year recovering "thousands of files" from 20 devices owned by the women.

The court heard how Orme was a "key member" of the groups, welcoming newcomers and organising the bids.

Police said members, based around the world, would discuss different ways in which the monkeys could be abused and killed, voting and paying for their favoured methods of torture.

Men in Indonesia were taking the monkeys from their families in the wild and carrying out the abuse.

Ch Insp Kevin Lacks-Kelly, head of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, said it was the worst case that he had dealt with during his 22 years as an officer.

"We’ve seen the worst that humanity can bring," he said.

"The animals in this case have been unnecessarily tortured, there's no excuse for it.

"I can't offer any rationale or reason as to why somebody would want to go to the levels that they went to, to persecute, kill, harm and maim these innocent animals."

Action for Primates, a UK-based advocacy project, assisted police in the investigation.

Its co-founder, Sarah Kite, said it was the most horrifying content she had ever encountered.

"For people such as Orme to think up methods of torturing helpless and vulnerable baby monkeys is beyond comprehension," she said.

"To then pay for someone to inflict such extreme violence is so disturbing that I believe they must permanently be barred from having contact with children or animals."

Woman admits being part of monkey torture network

A court heard Adriana Orme played a major role in an online group that paid for baby monkeys to be taken from their mothers.

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HOLLY LeGresley is a British woman who goes by the grisly nickname "The Immolator" because of her depraved secret online life.

She was a moderator in an animal torture group where monkeys and other sentient beings were killed in the most horrific ways imaginable for the pleasure of perverts.

LeGresley, 37, is a self-proclaimed animal lover who has been charged under the Obscene Publications Act and has admitted to causing the unnecessary suffering of animals.

She reportedly lives with her parents in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

Aside from her disturbed online life, LeGresley posts reviews of scary movies, pictures of herself petting and cuddling her two cockatiels Chancey and Princess Pea, as well as shamelessly portraying herself as an animal rights campaigner.

She has even lashed out at films that portray animal cruelty before, including Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey.

On May 7, 2024, LeGresley admitted publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

LeGresley published 22 images and 132 monkey torture videos to online chat groups, the charge sheet states.

She admitted to uploading the content in 2022 between the dates of March 25 and May 8, and on April 25 of the same year making a £17.24 payment to a PayPal account to encourage animal cruelty.

Three other people, including suspected ringleader Michael Macartney, 50, have been charged in the US.

He went by the moniker "Torture King" and ran several chat groups from around the world on encrypted messaging app Telegram, sharing sick ideas for custom-made torture videos, which were then sent with payments to Indonesia.

LeGresley is known as The Immolator, which means someone who practises sacrifice, because of her involvement in the online abuse of animals.

She once ran a poll on which torture method should be used on a baby monkey.

What we know about Holly LeGresley and why she has been dubbed ‘The Immolator’

HOLLY LeGresley is a British woman who goes by the grisly nickname “The Immolator” because of her depraved secret online life. She was a moderator in an animal torture group where monke…

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I could think of many things to shove up these cow's asses without lube.

 

[Granmaw]

I really don't want to know the answer...but can it get any sicker than this? These pervs are a waste of oxygen.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Can we immolate her?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Can we immolate her?

We can shove a burning torch up her ass!

 

[the cat did it]

We can shove a burning torch up her ass!

Sideways!!!!!

 

[DamagedGoods]

Aside from her disturbed online life, LeGresley posts reviews of scary movies, pictures of herself petting and cuddling her two cockatiels Chancey and Princess Pea, as well as shamelessly portraying herself as an animal rights campaigner.

She has even lashed out at films that portray animal cruelty before, including Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey.

I learned about this network a few years ago... It was surprising and confusing to learn that a great many of these monsters consider themselves animal lovers... just as long as those animals aren't monkeys. One group of them were outraged after finding out that someone had harmed a cat. Full on as angry as I am right now about how these assholes treat the monkeys. It's fucking bizarre. Glad to see one of them getting some kind of punishment at least.

 

[canadian girl]

The really sick part about this is that monkeys are very similar to humans, this is akin to torturing a human child. These people are disgusting and depraved.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The really sick part about this is that monkeys are very similar to humans, this is akin to torturing a human child. These people are disgusting and depraved.

I wish they would try this shit with chimps (not the babies).

In fact that should be part of their punishment and if the chimp seriously hurts or kills them the world will be a better place.

They are taking his nuts.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Adriana Orme was sentenced to one year and three months (15 months) in prison on November 13, 2024, for her involvement in a global monkey torture network.

According to the BBC and West Mercia Police, the 56-year-old from Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty to:

• Publishing an obscene article: Specifically, uploading one image and 26 videos of monkey torture to online chat groups.
• Encouraging or assisting animal suffering: This involved making a £10 payment to a PayPal account to view the torture of baby macaque monkeys.

During the sentencing at Worcester Crown Court, the judge described the actions of Orme and her co-defendant, Holly LeGresley (who received a two-year sentence), as "depraved, sickening and wicked". The case was noted as a landmark in British legal history for using the Serious Crime Act 2007 to prosecute animal cruelty committed abroad by offenders based in the UK.

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Women jailed over sadistic monkey torture videos

The judge describes Holly Le Gresley and Adriana Orme's actions as "abhorrent and sadistic".

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[Rebooto]

One year and three months. That's ridiculous.