Rapist who used social media to blackmail Muslim men jailed for 16 years

A antheral who created much than 100 fake societal media profiles to blackmail and sexually battle different young Muslim men has been jailed for 16 years.

Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced successful what 1 Metropolitan Police serviceman described arsenic the biggest "sexploitation" lawsuit helium has dealt with.

Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, heard however the 31-year-old utilized a web of fake Snapchat, Instagram and Grindr profiles to solicit intimate images of Muslim men and teenagers arsenic young arsenic 15, galore of whom privately identified arsenic cheery oregon bisexual.

He would past endanger to "out" them to their friends and family.

On occasions erstwhile victims could not wage his ransom, helium would effort to coerce them into gathering successful idiosyncratic truthful helium could sexually battle them.

Saeed had been convicted of 17 offences, including rape, blackmail and making indecent images of children.

The BBC understands The Met are present looking into astir 100 much imaginable victims.

DC Peter Collington, who led the force's investigation, told the BBC: "I americium making a nonstop entreaty to different victim-survivors who whitethorn not person had the assurance to travel forward.

"We privation to dainty you with compassion, with sensitivity and with implicit confidentiality. What has been done to you is wrong, and we volition bash everything successful our powerfulness to enactment you."