Alexander McCartney, 26, pleaded guilty at Belfast Crown Court after admitting 185 charges involving 70 children.
Alexander McCartney, 26, drove Cimarron Thomas, 12, to take her own life Online predator Alexander McCartney who drove one of his catfish victims to take her own life, has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty at Belfast Crown Court after admitting 185 charges involving 70 children. He posed as a teenage girl to befriend young females on Snapchat before blackmailing them.
’ He then started a 30 second countdown before he threatened to post her pictures online. McCartney said: ‘I am posting, bye. Ben Thomas first . He should see the pix first.’ This is when Cimarron responded: ‘No, I’ll obey.’ Ben Thomas, Cimarron’s father, took his own life 18 months later.
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