Philip O’Shea is a prolific online predator who lurked behind fake profiles. First coming across as charming, friendly and flirty, he soon would force victims to send him compromising pictures of themselves, blackmailing them not for money but for his own satisfaction. Sharon O’Neill tells Ciarán Dunbar how he managed to ensnare his victims.

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