British police officer sexually extorted minors: they gave him life

The British justice system sentenced this Wednesday life imprisonmentof which he will have to serve at least twelve years in prison, to a ex-policeby sexual extortion of more than 200 minors.

On the social network Snapchat, Lewis Edward He presented himself as a fourteen-year-old teenager.

Having gained the trust of many underage girls, he asked 210 of them, between 10 and 16 years oldthat they will send you pornographic images that he recorded secretly.

The ex-policeman, 24 yearshe blackmailed many of his victims, threatening them to tell their families everything, forcing the minors to send him more images.

He even threatened a young woman with putting explosives in his house and kill his parents if I didn’t continue with the shipments.

In the trial carried out in Cardiff (Wales)the testimonies of some young women who thought about suicide, who suffered depression and who self-harmed were heard.

“I thought I was talking to a nice boy who loved me and made me feel good,” said one of the young women.

“I told him I didn’t want to send any more images and he blackmailed me by threatening me and my family. I was terrified“he explained.

A succession of scandals involving UK police officers

This case adds to a succession of scandals in which police officers in the United Kingdom appear involved, including the kidnapping, rape and murder of a young woman, in 2021, by an agent in London, who was sentenced to life.

In this last case of extortion of minors, Lewis Edward He joined the police in Wales in 2021, before leaving the job.

The convicted man pleaded guilty to 138 sexual crimes against minors and 22 blackmail charges.

The investigation established that he had been in contact with his victims on 30 occasions during his hours of service.

When handing down the sentence, the judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke He stressed that “there is no doubt that he caused considerable damage” to the institution, while stressing that it was the police he worked for that carried out the investigation and brought the accused to justice.