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Northern Irish catfishing abuser targeted over 70 children "who were gay or exploring their sexuality"
At a hearing at a Belfast court, Alexander McCartney (26), from County Armagh, pleaded guilty to a total of 185 offences spanning 2013 to 2019. The case was described in court as “the UK’s largest catfishing case”, which sparked a global investigation after police in Scotland received a report of blackmail via Snapchat.At a pre-sentence hearing, the court heard that the victims were mostly young girls aged 10 to 16 from the UK, US, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand.