Alexander McCartney, 26, from Northern Ireland, admitted 185 charges including child sex offences and manslaughter.
A Scots teenager helped snare one of the world’s most prolific online sex offenders who was jailed last month for 20 years.
Between 2013 and 2019, McCartney posed as a teenager to lure victims into sending images, which he threatened to share.
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