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

The man, who arranged to meet duped girl at an abandoned railway station, punched and kicked female garda who arrived on the scene

Stephen Seery (aged 22) of Vilanstown, Gaybrook, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, received a three-year suspended sentence and will be added to the sex offenders register. Picture: IrishPhotoDesk.ie

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.