10 Million Fish: Oceanographers Witness the Greatest Feeding Frenzy in Ocean History
Cod were observed devouring millions of capelin in Norway, revealing significant predator-prey dynamics influenced by ...
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How UK’s worst catfish predator targeted 3,500 children online, driving one to suicide
He would then encourage them to share indecent images. Once he got the picture, he would reveal the “ catfish” and blackmail the victim into indulging in sex acts. Corrigan said McCartney “threatened ...
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Questions you might have about the UK’s biggest catfish killer, answered: What is catfishing, who is Alex McCartney, and how he was outed
The term gained popular use as a verb for deception from the 2010 documentary titled Catfish directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman that talked about these kinds of fraudulent relationships. He is ...
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Catfish Alexander McCartney sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter after blackmailing thousands of girls
A catfish who targeted young girls online has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison after being convicted of the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Alexander McCartney pleaded ...
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Killer catfish used Snapchat to abuse 3,500 children in 30 countries
The UK’s most prolific “catfish” ran a “paedophile enterprise” targeting 3,500 children in 30 countries, a court has heard. Alexander McCartney was jailed for life and ordered to serve a ...
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Predator in ‘UK’s largest catfishing case’ drove 12-year-old girl to suicide
A serial catfish abuser from Northern Ireland who caused one of his victims in the US to take her own life has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years. Online predator Alexander McCartney ...
The Mirror20d
How catfish Alexander McCartney was finally caught after 12-year-old girl's suicide
Dubbed the world's worst catfish Alexander McCarthy has today been jailed for a minimum of 20 years after one of his young victim's killed herself. The 26-year-old sat in a bedroom in his ...
The Mirror20d
'World's worst catfish' forced 70 girls into Snapchat sex acts and made two kill themselves
Dubbed the world's worst catfish, Alexander McCartney has admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, although a court has previously been told that the real number of victims is much higher.
New York Post20d
Newly discovered snake species gets named after Leonardo DiCaprio — here’s the reason why
Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the ...
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Alexander McCartney: Callous ‘catfish’ who drove 12-year-old girl to suicide sentenced to life for manslaughter
Harrowing 911 call from the 9-year-old sister of callous ‘catfish’ victim Cimarron ThomasOpens in new window ‘I’m scared’: Messages illustrate fear of Alexander McCartney victimsOpens in ...
Liverpool Echo20d
Catfish abuser who drove girl, 12, to take her own life to be sentenced
McCartney, who posed as a young girl on Snapchat to befriend other girls before blackmailing them, is thought to be the UK’s most prolific catfish offender with victims identified globally.