Snapchat predator locked up for 20 years

A vile online predator who groomed more than 150 youngsters by posing as a teenage girl on Snapchat was jailed for 20 years. Luke Ayres-Stephens, 31, contacted boys aged 12 to 15, posing as a young person to gain their trust, between 2020 and 2025. Ayres-Stephens coerced his victims into producing images of them performing intimate acts which he stored on digital devices. He was arrested at his south London home following a police tip-off last September and further charges…