Stormont Justice Minister regrets McCartney victims may not be identified
Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister Naomi Long has expressed her concern that not all of catfish Alexander McCartney’s victims may be identified.
The online predator, who drove one of his victims in the US to take her own life, was jailed for at least 20 years in court in Belfast on Friday.
McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, posed as a teenage girl to befriend young females on Snapchat before blackmailing them, and lured in victims across the world.
He is believed to be one of the world’s most prolific online offenders.
While he was jailed for the charges relating to 70 victims, it is believed that the number of children he abused is about 3,500.
Ms Long has urged anyone who was abused by McCartney or anyone else to come forward.
“The sad part of all of this is that some of those victims may never be…
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