Two women charged in connection with torture of monkey
Two women have been arrested and charged with allowing a monkey to be tortured.
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Holly LeGresley and Adriana Orme were both arrested by West Mercia Police and charged with publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
LeGresley, aged 37 from Kidderminster, and Orme, aged 55 from Upton-upon-Severn, were charged in relation to causing, consuming and facilitating the torture of monkeys.
A spokesman for West Mercia Police said: "Holly LeGresley, 37, of Kidderminster and Adriana Orme, 55, of Upton-upon Severn have both been charged with publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
"The charges are in relation to causing, consuming and facilitating the torture of monkeys."
Both women have been bailed and will appear in front of magistrates in Worcester on May 7.
