McCartney admitted 185 charges after targeting children worldwide for years, working across time zones from the bedroom he grew up in. Prosecutors said he "degraded and humiliated" his victims - with ...

Alexander McCartney's litany of crimes between 2013 and 2019 has been described as "the UK's largest catfishing case".

In the spring of 2019, police called Catherine Kierans, acting head of the Public Prosecution Service’s serious crime unit.

One of his catfishing attacks, which occurred on social media platforms, led to the suicide of a 12-year-old US girl.

Alexander McCartney is one of the world's most prolific online child abusers. From behind a computer screen at his home in ...

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Alexander McCartney was investigated twice by detectives in 2016 and 2018, but no charges were brought and the 26-year-old ...