After we reported on the disturbing arrest of members of a 'monkey torture' online group we have looked into it some more and it gets worse.

A Scottish mother-of-two involved jailed for more than two years back in 2025.

Natalie Herron, 39, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, joined online chat groups which encouraged torture of macaques by offenders based in Indonesia.

Investigators discovered 4,000 messages on a WhatsApp group which had been sent by Herron discussing torture and hatred of the animals.

Messages included one that said: “I am shocked how easily the drill went through the skull, it was like butter.”

Another message read: “Trying to find a video where they will kill the mum and the babies watch.”

The acts of cruelty included crucifixion, machete attacks and one video that showed a baby monkey being dipped in boiling oil.