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Online predator whose 'catfish' abuse drove father & daughter to take own lives jailed
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October 25, 2024
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2:19Now PlayingWARNING: This report contains contains references to suicide and child sex abuse which readers may find distressing.
An online predator whose abuse led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK's largest 'catfishing' case.
Alexander McCartney, 26, previously admitted 185 charges, including the manslaughter of a girl who took her own life.
Belfast Crown Court heard his victims were aged between 10 and 16 and located in the UK, USA, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand as Sky's David Blevins reports.
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