Two conmen have ruined the lives of several women after exposing intimate pictures of them online for cash. The victims had no idea they were involved in a scam until it was too late.
Oliver Pendleton, of Clwyd Avenue in Abergele, admitted to fraud as well as having a computer to perform function with intent to secure authorised access. Jason Maguire, of Caradoc Road in Prestatyn, faced the same charges alongside 11 breaches of his sexual harm prevention order and six charges of creating indecent images.
A number of women were "duped" by another woman supposedly called Gemma Wright, who supposedly ran a modelling agency called Shining Star. Prosecutor Rosemary Proctor told the judge at Mold Crown Court that Gemma Wright did not exist and was in fact the two defendants.
