He was sentenced to three years and three months in prison at Woolwich Crown Court.
“It is no exaggeration to say that as a lawyer or as a judge I have never encountered such a horrific case of animal abuse in my life,” Judge Christopher Grout told the court.
“There is a vile underground community who have a hatred of monkeys, particularly baby monkeys, and take pleasure in seeing such monkeys being tortured and killed.”
The judge said Poklek would be released after serving about a third of his prison sentence under the Sentencing Act 2026, and called for longer sentences for animal abuse, which currently has a five-year maximum.
He added: “If ever there was a case that demonstrates that the statutory maximum for animal cruelty is too low, this is it.”
My wife watches a lot of those serial killer shows and while I totally think the prison industrial complex in the US is a complete shit show I’m still oftentimes in shock when it’s a case in another country and they get like one year in jail for murdering a family.
What I don’t understand is how he got less than the maximum penalty. He had CSAM and drugs and they couldn’t even do the 5 years?
My wife watches a lot of those serial killer shows and while I totally think the prison industrial complex in the US is a complete shit show I’m still oftentimes in shock when it’s a case in another country and they get like one year in jail for murdering a family.
No room in prisons.
I was wondering the same thing