A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.
Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias “Torture King”, was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.
Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.
Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.
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Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
Yes, running chat groups is not as bad as actually torturing and killing monkeys.
I made it pretty clear yesterday.
No you didn’t. That doesn’t make your supposed point that the people that did the torture directly deserve more time in jail than him. You took a weird stand at a weird time and communicated it very poorly the whole way through.
Yes it does. “A weird time”? I don’t choose to post at specific times of the day. Never mind then.
No it doesn’t. It says nothing about relative jail time. The weird time is the point of the conversation you joined in at.
