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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Gifted Croydon schoolboy, 16, took his own life after being blackmailed over nude photos

A talented sixth form student from south London took his own life after a blackmailer threatened to send nude photographs of him to his online followers.

“Caring” and “gentle” Dinal De Alwis, 16, was a top pupil at Whitgift School in Croydon, where he excelled both in the classroom and on the sports field.

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