In a landmark case for the north west, a man has been jailed for distributing videos of baby monkeys being tortured in a disturbing private Facebook group, marking the first prosecution of its kind in the region.
The case was so unusual and shocking that there were no existing sentencing guidelines for the counsels or the judge to refer to.
Peter Stanley, aged 42, was a member of a grotesque private Facebook group named 'Monkey Sauce', where individuals shared and watched appalling videos.
Prosecutor Christopher Taylor presented the case to Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, September 25, detailing how Stanley had uploaded three videos showing abuse of baby macaque monkeys between April 3 and June 24 of the previous year.
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