No mercy for tragic victims like Ronan, 17
Daily Record|February 27, 2024
THERE have been a series of tragedies triggered by sextortion in which teenagers have taken their own lives out of shame.
NICK SOMMERLAD 
No mercy for tragic victims like Ronan, 17

Ronan Hughes, 17, from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, killed himself in 2015 after he was targeted on Facebook by a gang in Romania.

They threatened to release his pictures to his family unless he sent them £3400 in a cyber currency. Ronan told them: "I'm only 17, please, I'm begging you - don't." But the blackmailer replied: "That's not my problem. Foolishness has a price. And you'll pay.

"Do you want to tell your mother or will I? You have 48 hours from now. Time is running out!" Ronan was found dead in a field near his home.

This story is from the February 27, 2024 edition of Daily Record.

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