‘Sickening’ predator who lured dozens of kids in UK fails in bid for freedom – The Mirror

Daily Mirror Icon News UK News Court case Sick David John Andrews admitted to 130 charges of sexual abuse during a trial last year after he was found to have lured young girls on Snapchat and Instagram while posing as a teen 14:28, 11 Oct 2025 Updated 14:31, 11 Oct 2025 A twisted paedophile who targeted dozens of children and carried out the “sickening abuse” of a disabled man has been denied his freedom. Judges have denied an appeal from David John Andrews, 56, a “heinous predator” found to have preyed on 47 victims – 46 of whom were children – to reduce a 27-year sentence he was handed last year. Andrews, from Northern Ireland, received the sentence after pleading guilty to 130 charges of sexual abuse. A court heard he posed as a 13-year-old to catfish young children. Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan described his offending as a “modern scourge of high seriousness directed at vulnerable children which requires punishment”, adding the high sentence was warranted. Belfast Live reports that Andrews, whose offences stretched back to 2019, used Snapchat and Instagram to target underage girls, and lured them into sending him explicit images. Detectives who raided his home
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