A dangerous predator who posed as a teenage boy to exploit young girls online has been jailed for 20 years following a major investigation by Sussex Police.Kevin Wyeth, 39, formerly of Eastbourne but now of no fixed address, manipulated girls under the age of 13 by posing as a peer on mobile apps, coercing them into sending explicit images and videos. He used bullying tactics and threats, including menacing promises to find and rape victims who refused to comply.

The Online Child Abuse Team (OCAT) identified four young victims, each of whom has received specialist support. One girl described the devastating impact of Wyeth’s abuse:

“He made me feel like I could not talk to anybody.”

Arrest and Forensic Evidence

Police traced Wyeth to a flat in Eastbourne, where they seized a mobile phone containing a large cache of indecent material. Despite his refusal to provide the PIN, forensic work linked the device directly to Wyeth’s sickening activities.

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