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PSNI ‘did not have capacity’ to manage risk posed by catfish killer Alexander McCartney

PSNI ‘did not have capacity’ to manage risk posed by catfish killer Alexander McCartney

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

McCartney was jailed last year for a litany of online sexual abuse.

Searches carried out at multiple locations into child sexual abuse material

Searches carried out at multiple locations into child sexual abuse material

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025

Nine locations were searched and 18 devices have been seized as evidence.

Man wanted over sex offences in Germany arrested in Co Armagh

Man wanted over sex offences in Germany arrested in Co Armagh

Tue, 14 Jan, 2025

The PSNI detained the man in Portadown.

Son of Kinahan crime boss to walk free from jail after admitting arms cache plot

Son of Kinahan crime boss to walk free from jail after admitting arms cache plot

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Jack Kavanagh tried to help his father engineer a lighter sentence for drug smuggling.

Son of Irish crime boss admits gun plot to help father

Son of Irish crime boss admits gun plot to help father

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Jack Kavanagh, 24, whose father is Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, will be sentenced in December.

Alexander McCartney: Catfishing abuser may have targeted 3,500 victims across world

Alexander McCartney: Catfishing abuser may have targeted 3,500 victims across world

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

Alexander McCartney of Newry posed as a young girl to contact youngsters before abusing and blackmailing them.