The Beatles song The Long and Winding Road was the 'death knell' for the Fab Four
When Paul McCartney heard what Phil Spector had done to the song, believed to have been inspired by Scotland's remote B842, ...
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4 Post-Beatle Paul McCartney Songs That Will Absolutely Be Stuck in Your Head After Reading This
We take a look at four Paul McCartney songs that are bona fide ear worms (yes, they will be stuck in your head after reading this).
Firstpost21d
How UK’s worst catfish predator targeted 3,500 children online, driving one to suicide
Alexander McCartney, a Northern Irish man who abused at least 70 children, has been jailed for life on hundreds of charges including manslaughter, blackmail and inciting a child to engage in sexual ...
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Questions you might have about the UK’s biggest catfish killer, answered: What is catfishing, who is Alex McCartney, and how he was outed
BELFAST Oct 26 — Irishman Alexander McCartney was handed a life sentence yesterday for 185 charges of online child sexual abuse and blackmail related to “catfishing” attacks, one of which led to the ...
The Daily Telegraph22d
Killer catfish used Snapchat to abuse 3,500 children in 30 countries
Alexander McCartney was jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years after posing as a teenage girl to befriend young girls on Snapchat before blackmailing them. Police said the 26 ...
The Independent22d
Predator in ‘UK’s largest catfishing case’ drove 12-year-old girl to suicide
Online predator Alexander McCartney, 26, had used the Snapchat social media platform to befriend teenage girls across the world, and convince them to send an explicit image. Once he had secured a ...
Far Out Magazine22d
The Beatles albums Paul McCartney still hasn’t listened to: “I’ve heard it all before”
Although it couldn’t have hurt any of the former Beatles to take a look back on their older material, Paul McCartney had really had his fill by the time he finished this grand project. Because, in ...
ITV22d
Family of girl, 12, driven to death by Alexander McCartney tell of devastation
The family of a 12-year-old American girl who took her own life while being blackmailed by Alexander McCartney have told of their devastation over her death. In May 2018, Cimarron Thomas from West ...
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Prolific catfish abuser Alexander McCartney who drove girl to suicide jailed for at least 20 years
Alexander McCartney, 26, who admitted 185 charges involving 70 children, was given a life sentence with a minimum term by Mr Justice O’Hara at Belfast Crown Court on Friday. McCartney ...
RTE Online22d
How online abuser destroyed US girl's life from his Armagh bedroom
In her last online conversation with Alexander McCartney, he threatened to share inappropriate images - images he had tricked the 12-year-old into sending him - if she did not send pictures of her ...
The Irish Times22d
The horrific online crimes of Alexander McCartney, and the questions they raise for the PSNI
Alexander McCartney (26), was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court to life with a minimum of 20 years for 185 offences linked to the online sexual abuse of 70 children living as far away as New ...
The Irish Times22d
‘Sadism and depravity’: NI catfisher whose Snapchat threats led to death of girl (12) jailed for life
As he sentenced Alexander McCartney (26) , from Lissummon Road in Newry, for a total of 185 charges including manslaughter, Mr Justice O’Hara said “he used social media on an industrial scale ...