Cop posed as teen on Snapchat to groom and blackmail girls as young as 12 – Metro UK

Police officer Lewis Edwards sexually abused young children by posing as a teenager on Snapchat (Picture: Getty)A former South Wales Police officer has pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges of inciting children to engage in sexual activity online. Lewis Edwards, 23, of Bridgend, posed as a teenager on Snapchat to groom girls as young as 12 into sending him images and videos he covertly recorded. He then used the recordings to blackmail his victims, forcing them to send him increasingly graphic and explicit images. Edwards, who appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday, was a serving police officer when his ‘extreme’ and ‘predatory’ crimes were uncovered. Edwards blackmailed his victims into sending graphic images and videos of themselves (Picture: Getty)During his arrest, Edwards’ home was searched and a number of heavily encrypted electronic devices and a blackmail manual were recovered. The South Wales Police (SWP) Online Investigation Team said it has already identified a dozen victims but is working to identify others as a priority. During the hearing, Edwards admitted a total of 106 offences including blackmail, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, making a child watch a sex act, sexual communication, making indecent images of children
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