A “predatory” man who posed as a teenage girl on social media to get dozens of young boys to send him indecent pictures of themselves, before blackmailing them into sending more explicit images or demanding cash, has been jailed for 21 years.
Jay Lang, 24, of Canvey Island, Essex, set up accounts on Snapchat and Instagram under a pseudonym, claiming to be a 16-year-old girl, Basildon Crown Court was told.
Marc Brown, prosecuting, said Lang “would target young boys aged between 11 to 16 using these social media profiles to first of all engage those young boys in conversation”.
