‘Relentless and cruel’: Irish man Alexander McCartney sentenced to 20 years for online abuse of 70 children, killing minor
Alexander McCartney from Northern Ireland has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years for the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl and extensive online abuse of 70 other children. Posing as a teenage girl, he manipulated and blackmailed approximately 3,500 girls into sending intimate images, leading to profound mental health issues among his victims.