Online predator Alexander McCartney, posing as a young girl, is sentenced to at least 20 years for blackmailing 3,500 girls, leading to a victim's suicide.

Alexander McCartney, an online predator, has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 185 charges, including manslaughter linked to a victim's suicide. As a computer science student from 2015 to 2019, he posed as a young girl to blackmail around 3,500 girls, aged 10 to 16, into sending explicit photos and performing sexual acts. His extensive criminal activity influenced the prosecution's sentencing recommendations.

October 25, 2024
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