Alexander McCartney (26) has admitted 185 charges involving 70 child victims.

Alexander McCartney is believed to be the UK’s most prolific catfishers.

Alexander McCartney admitted 185 charges involving 70 children

Alexander McCartney, admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, posed as a teenage girl

Alexander McCartney admitted 185 charges involving 70 children

An online predator who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for at least 20 years.

McCartney, who posed as a teenage girl to befriend young females on Snapchat before blackmailing them, is believed to be the UK’s most prolific catfish offender with victims identified across the world

A12-year-old girl in the US took her own life as she was being abused by a man from Northern Ireland.

A Northern Ireland court has sentenced Alexander McCartney, 26, to life imprisonment for his role in a series of severe online exploitation crimes that led a 12-year-old girl in the United States to take her own life. McCartney, a prolific “catfish” predator, posed as a young girl on social media, manipulating and blackmailing young victims […]

An online predator from Northern Ireland who drove one of his catfish victims in the US to take her own life is set to be sentenced.

The 26-year-old groomed teenagers online by pretending to be a girl of a similar age, the court heard. One of his victims, a 12-year-old girl, took her own life while they were in contact.

Twelve-year-old Cimarron Thomas from West Virginia in the US took her own life in May 2018 after she was blackmailed by Alexander McCartney.

A 26-year-old Armagh man who was the subject of one of the largest investigations in the world into the sexual extortion of children has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl and more than 180 other offences relating to child abuse.