‘Blackmail’ attempt student threatened to post intimate images of girl online unless she met for sex

A film student duped a young girl into sharing intimate pictures and then tried to “blackmail” her into having sex, or he would send the images to her social media followers, a court has heard.

Stephen Seery, aged 22, also attacked a female garda with a punch and a kick in the face when she posed as the girl and went to meet him, Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court was told.

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