Woman accused of crushing animals to death with feet for dark web videos denied bail

WARNING: This story contains details about child pornography, sexual abuse and the torture and killing of animals.

A Winnipeg woman accused of crushing animals to death with her feet for videos she and her boyfriend then allegedly sold was denied bail Friday, following a lengthy hearing in a Manitoba court earlier this week.

Irene Lima and Chad Kabecz were arrested and charged with several animal cruelty offences in October, after the provincial veterinarian got a tip from a citizen about videos and photos of animal torture.

They had been posted on the dark web — online content that doesn’t show up through regular searches, and can only be accessed with a special browser. The citizen who made the tip said they believed the people behind the videos were from Manitoba.

That tip led police to search a home in Winnipeg’s Lord Roberts area, where officers seized several electronic devices that …