Paul Leighton, 32, was arrested in November by police investigating reports he had exchanged indecent images on Facebook PAA man has been jailed for 16 years for “online” rape after blackmailing youngsters to commit serious sexual offences while he was thousands of miles away watching them over the internet. Paul Leighton, 32, a spray painter from Seaham, Co Durham, was arrested in November by police investigating reports that he had exchanged indecent images on Facebook. When officers examined his phone they found evidence that as many as 100 children in North America had been abused. He was sentenced at Newcastle crown court after admitting 19 charges, including blackmail, rape, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and distributing indecent images of a child. The court was told that he had created up to 40 fake Facebook profiles to befriend teenagers in the…

Source: The Times September 04, 2017 23:03 UTC