Catfisher jailed for life

[bitchstewie]

Seems to be quite the day for scumbags being sent to prison.

Abuser in 'UK's largest catfishing case' jailed for life over girl's manslaughter

Words fail me what drives these people.

[Quhet]

It's a sickening case. I can't comprehend how fked up some people are.

[98elise]

Sickening.

[Petrus1983]

I think this will be life. The poor girl who took her own life was American - I fully expect the day his term here is over they'll want an extradition - and a life sentence Stateside, is life.

[BoRED S2upid]

I’m not reading that for fear of punching a hole through the screen. Sick fk.

[nuyorican]

Had a quick scan. One thing that jumped out was twelve year old girls with Snapchat. Is that normal? I don’t have kids so no idea. Seems wrong.

[phil-sti]

wow, I hope he gets raped every, single, day he is in prison.

[Mr Penguin]

Petrus1983 said:

I think this will be life. The poor girl who took her own life was American - I fully expect the day his term here is over they'll want an extradition - and a life sentence Stateside, is life.

Can people be extradited for a crime that they've committed and been sentenced to here? No doubt the Americans will try anyway.

[Mastodon2]

Out in 15 years. Doesn't seem nearly long enough. He should be dragged to the gallows.

[Petrus1983]

Mr Penguin said:

Petrus1983 said:

I think this will be life. The poor girl who took her own life was American - I fully expect the day his term here is over they'll want an extradition - and a life sentence Stateside, is life.

Can people be extradited for a crime that they've committed and been sentenced to here? No doubt the Americans will try anyway.

I believe so. And like you say, the yanks usually find a way. I don't see why it would be different to the NCA hacker that they then wanted extradited.

[tangerine_sedge]

Quhet said:

It's a sickening case. I can't comprehend how fked up some people are.

Luckliy these kind of people are few and far between, but unfortunately the internet allows them to operate at a scale and across jurisdictions that they couldn't do 30 years ago.

Not a lot else to add, other than thanks to those individuals who had to find the content, review and assemble the evidence of his criminality. Not a pleasant job, but probably very rewarding on days like today.

[Don Roque]

He should swing for that.

[bazza white]

nuyorican said:

Had a quick scan. One thing that jumped out was twelve year old girls with Snapchat. Is that normal? I don’t have kids so no idea. Seems wrong.

Just one of several messenger apps. People will use what their friends are using.



Sick individual though sentence should have been double.

[nuyorican]

bazza white said:

Just one of several messenger apps. People will use what their friends are using.



Sick individual though sentence should have been double.

I see. I’m surprised kids even have phones. If it’s so important that they do, then why don’t they have like separate, or closed networks for kids?

I guess tech is a Pandora’s Box.

[bitchstewie]

A lot of parents either won't think about or don't understand parental controls and even if they enforce them I expect people like McCartney would subvert the apps.

[nuyorican]

bhstewie said:

A lot of parents either won't think about or don't understand parental controls and even if they enforce them I expect people like McCartney would subvert the apps.

Yeah. Seems bonkers to me. I know how hard it is to control my own phone use, never mind trying to control others who don’t want their access controlled.

I’m guessing that giving a child a phone is the equivalent of giving 80’s kids 10p for the phone box.

[Southerner]

It’s difficult to think of anything as devastatingly sad as a 12 year old being moved to take their own life; desperately tragic

[BoRED S2upid]

Mastodon2 said:

Out in 15 years. Doesn't seem nearly long enough. He should be dragged to the gallows.

15 years is still a lot of time looking over your shoulder.

[GR86oldboy]

BoRED S2upid said:

Mastodon2 said:

Out in 15 years. Doesn't seem nearly long enough. He should be dragged to the gallows.

15 years is still a lot of time looking over your shoulder.

I think there's a high probability of him being kept in segregation for his sentence length, but still these are seen as the lowest of the low and somebody will find a way to sort him out so he comes out of prison in a box.

[vaud]

nuyorican said:

Had a quick scan. One thing that jumped out was twelve year old girls with Snapchat. Is that normal? I don’t have kids so no idea. Seems wrong.

Normal no, but yr6 (last year of primary) and year 7 onwards have varying degrees of kids with phones and social media accounts with no parental controls.

One friend has even encouraged their daughter at 11 to lie about her age to get an account. She was very proud that she had 11 social media apps and an average screen time of 8 hrs per day.

And her parents are quite tech savvy, degree educated but don’t seem to give a toss.