Peter Scully: The World’s Worst Pedophile
Scully led a pay-per-view dark web child porn ring
In February 2015, Australian-native, 52-year-old Peter Scully, was arrested in the Philippines, charged with horrific crimes against several children. Police charged Scully with rape, torture, and murder. Soon after the police began investigating Scully, they discovered he was the ringleader in an online pedophile network largely invested in the production and distribution of violent child pornography on the dark web. The police officers, judge, and prosecutors in the case agreed that Peter Scully is the worst pedophile in history, committing some of the most horrific acts against kids they ever heard of.
Victims ranged in age from infant to teens.
Daisy’s Destruction
In a video titled Daisy’s Destruction, made in 2012, Scully and two teen accomplices show themselves sexually and physically torturing an 18-month-old infant named Daisy. The video shows the infant girl hung upside down as she is sexually and physically tortured by Scully and the two minor accomplices. The video shows dozens of other children being raped and tortured, including 12-year-old Liza and 11-year-old Cindy. The video shows one of Scully’s girlfriends, 19-year-old Liezyl Margallo, carrying out sadistic and horrific abuse against the children, particularly Daisy, at the urging of Scully. Scully sold this video for as much as $10,000 per view to clients on his website called No limits fun, NLF.
Another of Scully’s girlfriends, Carme Ann Alvarez, also participated in the attacks on the children.
Scully’s Terror Comes to an End
When Matthew Graham purchased and then publicized the video, law enforcement began an investigation that led to Scully’s arrest on February 20, 2015. He was charged with a total of 75 counts. Liza and Daisy were both found alive, but sadly, suffered horrific physical injuries as the result of their attacks. They also learned that Cindy had been murdered, strangled to death with a rope before Scully forced her to dig her own grave. Scully videotaped himself murdering the young girl.
Reinstate the Death Penalty for Peter Scully
Scully was sent to prison for an indefinite period of time. Many prosecutors and officials requested that the death penalty be reinstated for Scully due to the horrific nature of his crimes.
Due to Filipino laws, however, Scully may spend no more than 30-years in prison before he must be released. When those 30-years pass, Scully will then be transferred back to Australia to serve out a life sentence.
Fire Destroys Evidence in Case
Scully has never apologized or shown remorse for his crimes. In fact, during interviews, he often laughs and smirks when reporters ask questions. In 2015, Scully told 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown that he was writing a tell-all book that would help readers better understand his motivations and desire to rape and hurt young children.
The same year, a fire in the evidence room at the police station severely damaged the videos and computer logs in Scully’s case. This was key evidence in his case. Many people suspect that Scully bribed a local police officer to burn down the evidence room. Corruption within the Philippine government was horrific during this time, so this is very much plausible. However, no evidence supports the theory.
Both of Scully’s young girlfriends, Margallo and Alvarez, received life sentences for their roles in the criminal acts.
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