A Winnipeg couple charged with multiple incidents of animal cruelty and bestiality are now also charged with child pornography offences and for planning to torture a child.
Chad Kabecz, 40, and Irene Lima, 55, were arrested Oct. 9, after police searched a home in the city’s Lord Roberts area. They were charged with numerous offences, including killing or injuring animals and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
They allegedly filmed the abuse and sold the videos on the dark web.
During the investigation, officers seized several electronic devices, which were analyzed.
From May 20 to Oct. 7, 2024, more than 75 animals were filmed or photographed being tortured and killed, police allege. In some of these instances, there was also a sexual component to the offence, police said in a news release on Wednesday.
Police say they also discovered communications between the couple discussing their intention to torture a child, and there was also a sexual component to this.
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