Romanian jailed for blackmail plot prompting teen's suicide

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Last Updated : Aug 30 2017 | 8:02 PM IST
A Romanian man has been handed a four-year jail sentence for using indecent images to blackmail a Northern Irish teenager who then took his own life, court officials said today.
Iulian Enache, 32, was found guilty of tricking schoolboy Ronan Hughes into sharing intimate photos of himself via a webcam in October 2015.
Enache then threatened to distribute the pictures online unless Hughes, aged 17 at the time, paid him a hefty ransom.
When Hughes failed to meet the deadline, the Romanian sent the images to others.
The teenager shot himself shortly afterwards.
Arrested in October 2016, Enache last week admitted to charges of blackmailing and of producing and distributing indecent images of a minor.
His sentence cannot be appealed, the tribunal in the western Romanian city Timisoara said today.

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First Published: Aug 30 2017 | 8:02 PM IST

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