Online predator whose 'catfish' abuse drove father & daughter to take own lives jailed

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An online predator whose abuse led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK's largest 'catfishing' case.

Alexander McCartney, 26, previously admitted 185 charges, including the manslaughter of a girl who took her own life.

Belfast Crown Court heard his victims were aged between 10 and 16 and located in the UK, USA, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand as Sky's David Blevins reports.

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