The man pleaded guilty to 57 offences, including disclosing private images and blackmail and targeted 29 female victims from across Northern Ireland.
A NORTHERN IRISH man was sentenced to four years in prison today, having previously pleaded guilty to 57 offences, including disclosing private images and blackmail.
“There were 29 female victims in total, right across Northern Ireland, targeted between September 2020 and February 2022.“O’Shea used social media, and different online fake identities, to message and befriend his victims. “He, in turn, demanded further images, using the threat that he would share those already received with victims’ friends, families or colleagues.
“It’s actually difficult to imagine the ordeal – the absolute humiliation, distress and fear – that so many innocent victims were subjected to.
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