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Perth man preyed on 180 children in 'one of the worst' sexual extortion cases in history
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/27/perth-man-sexual-extortion-case-teenagers-ntwnfbPerth man preyed on 180 children in ‘one of the worst’ sexual extortion cases in history
The 29-year-old man pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity to get sexually explicit content from hundreds of victims
Kate Lyons
Tue 27 Aug 2024 04.40 EDT
A Perth man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for coercing 286 victims, including 180 children, into performing sexually explicit acts on camera or video.
The scale of the offending, in which he targeted victims from 20 different countries, makes it one of the worst sexual extortion cases in history, the Australian federal police assistant commissioner David McLean said.
The man, 29, was sentenced by the Perth district court on Tuesday after pleading guilty in December to 119 charges covering 550 incidents across 11 months.
He posed as a teenage social media celebrity to prey on children and young adults. He was found to have used multiple social media accounts to target victims.
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The 29-year-old man pretended to be a teenage social media celebrity to get sexually explicit content from hundreds of victims
Kate Lyons
Tue 27 Aug 2024 04.40 EDT
A Perth man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for coercing 286 victims, including 180 children, into performing sexually explicit acts on camera or video.
The scale of the offending, in which he targeted victims from 20 different countries, makes it one of the worst sexual extortion cases in history, the Australian federal police assistant commissioner David McLean said.
The man, 29, was sentenced by the Perth district court on Tuesday after pleading guilty in December to 119 charges covering 550 incidents across 11 months.
He posed as a teenage social media celebrity to prey on children and young adults. He was found to have used multiple social media accounts to target victims.
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