A man who posed as a young female to lure four teenage boys into online sexual activity which he then threatened to expose avoided being sent to jail today (Thursday).
Richard Simpson admitted the online activity - known as ‘catfishing’ - and was handed a suspended sentence for a range of offences against four Co Down schoolboys.
The 31-year old appeared at Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, where Judge Geoffery Miller KC imposed a three-year sentence which was suspended for three years.
