A family has expressed their rage after a father and daughter were driven to suicide by a prolific 'catfish' abuser.
Cimarron Thomas, 12, who was named for the first time after a court order protecting her identity was lifted, used her father's handgun to take her own life after being blackmailed online by computer student Alexander McCartney.
Eighteen months later, her grief-stricken father Ben, a former US army veteran, took his own life, Belfast Crown Court was told.
To the fury of the victims' family, McCartney was convicted of manslaughter, rather than murder, of the American youngster and faces life imprisonment when he is sentenced next week.
Speaking to MailOnline, an uncle said: 'He might as well have pulled the trigger himself and killed both my niece and brother.
Take a long hard look at this loser. An ugly, podgy waste of fucking space who's on line antics killed two people. Doesn't matter whether it's taken to this extreme or whether you just think posting real life details of someone's life on your forum is a harmless bit of piss taking. This can be the sorry outcome to a greater or lesser degree.
Take a long hard look at this loser. An ugly, podgy waste of fucking space who's on line antics killed two people. Doesn't matter whether it's taken to this extreme or whether you just think posting real life details of someone's life on your forum is a harmless bit of piss taking. This can be the sorry outcome to a greater or lesser degree.
That was a long time ago Diggs, ffs get over it !
Unfortunately you were out there too much at the time to risk being as gobby and offensive as you were on forum, it was always going to end badly. You’ve learned your lesson, move on
Take a long hard look at this loser. An ugly, podgy waste of fucking space who's on line antics killed two people. Doesn't matter whether it's taken to this extreme or whether you just think posting real life details of someone's life on your forum is a harmless bit of piss taking. This can be the sorry outcome to a greater or lesser degree.
That was a long time ago Diggs, ffs get over it !
Unfortunately you were out there too much at the time to risk being as gobby and offensive as you were on forum, it was always going to end badly. You’ve learned your lesson, move on
I was wondering how long it would take for you to come crawling out of the woodwork. No good trying to project your inner guilt on me. Gobby and offensive doesn't equate to what you and your ilk did. Now, you jog on and perhaps reflect on your behaviour.
Whenever I see the word CATFISHING, I always think of NS....the two just go together in my mind.
Lord knows she did enough of it. But I don't think she actually did any great harm to anyone other than make a handful of randy men look utter fools on the forum. The Irish Oink, on the other hand, went out of her way to destroy people.
Take a long hard look at this loser. An ugly, podgy waste of fucking space who's on line antics killed two people. Doesn't matter whether it's taken to this extreme or whether you just think posting real life details of someone's life on your forum is a harmless bit of piss taking. This can be the sorry outcome to a greater or lesser degree.
That was a long time ago Diggs, ffs get over it !
Unfortunately you were out there too much at the time to risk being as gobby and offensive as you were on forum, it was always going to end badly. You’ve learned your lesson, move on
That smacks of victim blaming.
The wrongdoers are the ones who take forum squabbles into real life. Sadly I think the internet can unhinge some people.