Teenager receives suspended sentence for sexual exploitation of cousin

The judge told the teenager he was "shocked" he could blackmail his cousin "in such a horrible way". Picture: iStock

A teenager who blackmailed his younger cousin in order to continue his sexual exploitation of her has received a three-year suspended sentence.

The boy, now aged 18, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the sexual exploitation of two of his cousins and the anal rape of one of them on dates in 2015 and 2016. He cannot be identified to protect the identity of the victims.