A WOMAN has pleaded guilty to uploading 'horrifying' and 'depraved' monkey torture videos to online chat groups.
Adriana Orme, 56, admitted on Monday to publishing an obscene article by uploading one image and 26 videos of monkey torture between April 14 and June 16 2022.
She also encouraged or assisted the commission of unnecessary suffering by making a £10 payment to a PayPal account on April 26 2022.
Orme, of The Beeches, Ryall, near Upton-upon Severn, will be sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on October 25, at the same time as co-defendant Holly LeGresley, 37, of Baldwin Road, Kidderminster.
LeGresley admitted she uploaded 22 images and 132 videos of monkeys being tortured to online chat groups during an appearance at Worcester Magistrates’ Court in May.
LeGresley was charged after an investigation by the BBC into torture of monkeys overseas.
Orme pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates' Court to charges of consuming, causing and facilitating the torture of monkeys. Orme was part of a global monkey torture ring that paid for and ordered baby monkeys to be tortured and killed in Indonesia to create videos to be circulated online.
Sarah Kite, co-founder, Action for Primates, who assisted the police with their investigation stated: ''These videos contain the most horrifying content I have encountered in my years of working in animal protection.
"For people such as Orme to think up methods of torturing helpless and vulnerable baby monkeys is beyond comprehension. 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.”
'We are grateful to the UK police for taking action against those individuals involved in monkey torture groups. Anyone involved in this type of behaviour must be held to account, and we hope their prosecution and punishment will act as a deterrent to others.''
Orme was accused of publishing an obscene article by uploading videos depicting monkeys being tortured between April 14 and June 16 2022, and also of encouraging or assisting the commission of unnecessary suffering by making a payment on April 26, 2022. Orme's co-defendant, Holly LeGresley, is awaiting sentence after pleading guilty on May 7 to uploading images and videos of monkeys being tortured to online chat groups.
Action for Primates (UK-based) and Lady Freethinker (US-based), first exposed the sadistic world of online monkey torture groups in 2021, and since then have continued to investigate those individuals involved and passed on evidence and information to law enforcement agencies.
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Nina Jackel, Founder, Lady Freethinker, stated: ''The depraved acts being inflicted on baby monkeys for online videos are sickening, and anyone involved in creating or distributing such vile content must face consequences. Accountability from the court is essential for deterring potential future offenders and sending a clear message that animal torture will be treated as a serious crime.''
The charges are part of an international effort by law enforcement agencies to tackle those groups and individuals who facilitate the torture of baby monkeys. At least 20 people across the globe are being investigated, and several in the USA and Indonesia have already been convicted and imprisoned.
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