A “predator” paedophile has been jailed for 14 years for child sex offences against 39 young girls.
Unemployed Stuart Latham, 22, raped one youngster aged 12 and targeted hundreds of others through “catfishing” – creating a fake online persona, posing as 14-year-old “Josh” on Snapchat.
He preyed on girls, sometimes offering £200 for “nude” images or persuading others to send indecent images and videos then threatened to reveal them online if they did not do as he wished, Preston Crown Court heard.
