Mother, 39, who helped run global monkey torture network is jailed

A mother-of-two who helped run a global monkey torture network has been jailed for more than two years.

Natalie Herron, 39, took part in online chat groups which encouraged the horrific torture of macaque monkeys by people based in Indonesia.

She then became a group administrator for the network and shared hundreds of barbaric images and videos of the abuse.

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

Herron, from Airdrie, Lanarkshire, made contact online with Michael Macartney, the US-based ringleader of the network who used the alias 'The Torture King'.