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‘Harm yourselves, behead your pets’: Chilling orders Malmesbury teen allegedly gave kids

IOL · 19 August 2026 at 17:34

‘Harm yourselves, behead your pets’: Chilling orders Malmesbury teen allegedly gave kids

Court papers seen by IOL detail seven months of alleged abuse directed at 11 American children aged 11 to 17, from a home on an upmarket Malmesbury golf estate.

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