"Sexual Predator" Uses Snapchat To Prey On 120 Underage Girls In Finland
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The court in Pirkanmaa in southern Finland heard the 27-year-old used the social media platform to approach young girls, asking them for naked photos and sexual videos.
A serial sexual predator who used Snapchat to prey on more than 100 children was jailed by a Finnish court on Thursday.
Most of the 120 underage girls who brought charges against Jesse Erkkonen were aged between 12 and 16.
The court in Pirkanmaa in southern Finland heard the 27-year-old used the social media platform to approach young girls, asking them for naked photos and sexual videos.
It sentenced Jesse Erkkonen to 10 years and a half years in prison for 20 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse, 59 counts of child sexual abuse, as well as other charges including blackmail, threats and cannabis-related offences. Erkkonen faced 190 charges in all.