Obsessive Dublin teen was behind web of harassment of BBC journalist

The boy, who has a range of complex disorders, had an 'obsessive crush' on BBC journalist Aileen Moynagh, the court was told

An obsessive Dublin youth has admitted that he was behind a disturbing harassment campaign using a web of social media identities to target and threaten a BBC journalist.

The 17-year-old boy, who had 30 to 40 online aliases, pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children’s Court to harassing Belfast-based broadcast journalist Aileen Moynagh between October 25, 2020, until the end of February this year.