Five children a week targeted by online sex offenders in Northern Ireland

Police forces across the UK logged more than 10,000 online child sex offences in 12 months for the first time last year. Picture: Tim Goode/PA

Five children are targeted by online sex offenders every week, new figures have revealed.

In the last year, a total of 265 recorded sexual offences against children were flagged by the PSNI as having an online element.