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'Zoo Sadist' Who Ran Monkey Torture Network Jailed for Selling Sadistic Videos
- On Friday, Judge Christopher Grout sentenced Bartosz Poklek, 30, to three years and three months in prison for operating a "large-scale monkey torture ring" from his Bexley home.
- Recruited via YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok, "zoo sadists" moved to encrypted platforms like Discord and Telegram, where users paid to "adopt" monkeys and direct torture methods for "abuse on demand" content.
- Evidence revealed Poklek penned scripts for abuse videos, including a 39-minute clip depicting a tortured baby monkey, while other animals were dressed as "proxy infants" to appeal to viewers interested in violent child abuse.
- Judge Grout criticized the "despicable" community and urged Parliament to increase the five-year maximum sentence for animal cruelty, while the Crown Prosecution Service called Poklek a "key cog" in the vile trade.
- RSPCA Special Operations Unit Chief Will Mitchell warned that 32% of 18 to 24-year-olds have witnessed online animal suffering, noting platforms now face new obligations under the Online Safety Act to tackle illegal content.
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Zoo ringleader jailed over monkey torture videos
Bartosz Poklek was the ringleader of an international network of zoo sadists (Picture: CPS/PA Wire) The ringleader of an international network dedicated to torturing and killing monkeys for entertainment has been jailed for three years and three months. Bartosz Poklek, 30, from Bexley, south-east London, played a leading role in an online community known as the ‘monkey hate’ network, distributing thousands of animal abuse videos and allegedly di…
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