Teenagers blackmailed by online extortionist

Two teenagers were blackmailed after they sent images of themselves to a serial extortionist they met online, a court heard. Alexander Fredericks, 19, took over £400 from the account of one victim after threatening to publish pictures he had taken of her. He assaulted her after inviting her to his home in central London for a photoshoot. Fredericks groped the girl as he took increasingly explicit photos, then gave her a document to sign to say the shoot was consensual….