https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93q9dkvqweo

A man who pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail 16 women into sending him sexual videos and images has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

Christopher Morrow, of Belvoir Drive in south Belfast, appeared at Belfast Crown Court on Monday facing 16 counts of blackmail.

The 27-year-old admitted making unwarranted demands with menaces for sexual videos and images from 16 individual women.

The judge said Morrow sought "to inflict maximum distress on the victims".

One of his victims told BBC News NI that Morrow "thrived off me feeling shame and embarrassment".

Freya, which is not her real name, said: "He had so much control, every time I heard the Snapchat notification I threw up, it was a horrible time.

"He was aggressive and I was completely isolated."

Earlier in court, Judge Kerr sentenced Morrow to a total of three years and four months in jail.

He read out the details of each case of blackmail, including graphic details of the "customised sexual videos" that Morrow demanded from victims.

The court heard that Morrow met all of the women on Tinder, and then chatted to them on Snapchat where intimate images were initially shared on a consensual basis.

Having gleaned details of the women's lives from their conversations, sometimes lasting over a month, he would then threaten to share the sexual images he had with friends, family or work colleagues if they did not send him further, sometimes hardcore, pornographic videos and images.

'He told me time was running out'
Freya is one of three victims who have spoken to BBC News NI about their experiences with Morrow.

She said she met him on Tinder and that they chatted on Snapchat.

"He seemed nice, a normal guy, he was very convincing, showing me what I felt was genuine interest," she said.

He uploaded videos of someone Freya took to be Morrow.

"He asked for pictures and I sent him one selfie in a bra and that’s when he changed.

"He would message asking for really explicit pictures and videos. He threatened me by saying he would reach out to my family and tell them I was selling nudes and videos online."

She said he found her family members on social media.

"He threatened: 'You have five minutes before I send messages to your family." And when I didn’t reply he sent an alarm clock emoji and told me: 'Time’s running out.'

"I think the motivation for him was the thrill of the harassment, the control he had over me. He got a fix off the idea he was forcing women to do things."

by ShankillDefender

4 comments

  1. Sick cunt, leading women on for weeks just to build up trust and get enough personal information he could then use to abuse them for his own sexual gratification.

    No wonder women feel unsafe in this society given how many dickheads we seem to produce.

  2. What a nasty wee boy, hope every woman in the country avoids this thing like the plague. Never never send photos to anyone

  3. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone causes him maximum distress in the next 40 months.

  4. Their was a women a year ago convicted of same thing extorting men didn’t make it in here funny that

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