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Catfish Abuser McCartney Gets Life with 20-Year Minimum After Abuse Led to 12-Year-Old Girl's Suicide

Oct 25, 2024, 02:07 PM

Alexander McCartney, a 26-year-old man from Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years after admitting 185 charges involving the sexual exploitation of 70 children. Starting his criminal activities at age 16, McCartney's online abuse led a 12-year-old American girl and her father to take their own lives. Prosecutors described the case as the largest, most complex, and most depraved investigation into sexual offences they had ever worked on. McCartney used fake profiles on platforms like Snapchat to extort and manipulate his victims, prompting an international investigation.