Leeds stalker sent Snapchat messages threatening to rape schoolgirl and post images of …

Sam Powell was jailed for three years after a court how he threatened to post intimate images of the victim and commit acts of sexual violence against her.The 25-year-old also tried to derail a police investigation by claiming he had been “fitted up” by a phone hacker after he was arrested.Kate Bisset, prosecuting, said Powell made contact with the victim on Snapchat in August 2016 and told her he was aged 15.Sign up to our daily newsletterThe i newsletter cut through the noiseSam Powell was jailed for three years at Leeds Crown Court for stalking schoolgirl and sending Snapchat messages threatening to rape her.Ms Bisset said the conversation between them was “not out of the ordinary” at first but Powell began to make requests that made the girl uncomfortable.The defendant asked the girl for intimate pictures of herself which she agreed to send.Powell’s messages then took on a more sinister tone.The prosecutor said: “The defendant would tell her that bad things would happen if she didn’t send them.”He said he knew where she lived and would come and get her if she didn’t, whether she wanted to or not.”Powell then messaged the girl asking to meet her at a hotel…
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