Four young girls suffered potentially life changing injuries after a suspected explosion at a burger restaurant on Halloween. The 12-year-olds, who remain in hospital, were burned when fire broke ...

Online predator Alexander McCartney, 26, had used the Snapchat social media platform to befriend teenage girls across the world ... and including the death of a 12-year-old girl.

One of his victims was Cimarron Thomas, a 12-year-old girl from the US who, in May 2018, took her own life instead of going along with McCartney's demands to involve her younger sister in the abuse.

Some readers may find the details of this report distressing. The family of a 12-year-old American girl who took her own life while being blackmailed by Alexander McCartney have told of their ...

A Co Armagh man whose online catfishing caused the death of a 12-year-old girl in the United States has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years. As he sentenced Alexander McCartney (26 ...

The link was only discovered as police investigated twisted computer student McCartney's devices after he posed as a young girl to try and blackmail a teenager in Scotland. McCartney’s modus ...

McCartney told one girl he would get people to go to her house to rape her if she did not comply with his demands. Victims have been identified around the world, including 12-year-old Cimarron Thomas.

The family of a 12-year-old American girl who took her own life while being blackmailed by Alexander McCartney have told of their devastation over her death. In May 2018, Cimarron Thomas from West ...

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Upstate couple has pleaded guilty in the death of a 12-year-old girl. According to the clerk of court’s office, Shawnetta and Barkee Faust pleaded guilty ...

One of his victims, a 12 year old girl from Virginia, tragically took her own life with a legally held handgun. “During online contact with McCartney he began his offending as a late teenager ...

An online predator from Northern Ireland who drove one of his victims in the US to suicide is due to be sentenced. Alexander McCartney, 26, has confessed to 185 charges involving 70 children ...

McCartney, who posed as a young girl to befriend other girls on Snapchat before blackmailing them, is believed to be the UK’s most prolific catfish offender with victims identified across the world.