Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

Hendy-Freegard exploited, abused and controlled them with extreme cruelty, confident his victims were too paralysed by fear to escape. (Manchester Evening News)

Extreme cruelty means that the defendant caused the death of the victim by a method that surpassed the cruelty inherent in any taking of human life. Extreme atrocity means an act that is extremely wicked or brutal, appalling, horrifying, or utterly revolting. (Lie After Lie: The True Story of A Master of Deception, Betrayal, and Murder by Lara Bricker)