Alexander McCartney is sentenced to life in prison for the manslaughter death of a West Virginia girl he "catfished" on a ...

Police missed two chances to stop Ireland’s worst catfisher while he preyed on 3,500 girls across the globe. Depraved ...

The Taoiseach has praised the PSNI over their handling of the Alexander McCartney catfishing case, which concluded on Friday.

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Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long has ... Pic: PSNI One of McCartney's victims Cimarron Thomas, 12, from West Virginia, shot herself with her father's gun. Her father Ben Thomas ...

An online predator from County Armagh is due to be sentenced in one of the world’s largest investigations into online ...

A prolific "catfish" offender who pushed one of his victims, a 12-year-old US girl, to commit suicide was on Friday jailed for life at a court in Northern Ireland.

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 awaiting sentencing after targeting at least 70 children online - including Cimarron Thomas whose heartbroken grandparents said: "Our lives will never be the same." ...