Teen Predator/Online Killer

Name: Teen Predator/Online Killer
Genre: Crime
Released: 2024-11-11T00:00:00.000Z

Crime 2024

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Investigating the catfish killer Alexander McCartney. Told from multiple perspectives, including the PSNI, the international investigating teams, and the families of those abused.

Crime 2024

EPISODE 1

Uncovering A Predator

Twenty-year-old Alexander McCartney, already known to police, is arrested and his devices seized after a 12-year-old girl in Scotland reports a serious catfishing abuse incident online.

28 min · 11 Nov 2024
EPISODE 2

A Race Against Time

With hundreds of thousands of images of child abuse discovered on McCartney's devices, the race is on to get him remanded into custody. McCartney is re-arrested in the early hours of the morning, at which time police discover McCartney's phone.

29 min · 12 Nov 2024
EPISODE 3

Justice

As police piece together the last few minutes of Cimarron's life, they realise McCartney was still online threatening her when she tragically shot herself. Police and prosecutors move quickly to establish if there's a case for manslaughter.

28 min · 13 Nov 2024

Ben O'Loan

Director
Sharon Whittaker

Producer
Jonathan Smith

Producer
Michael Hewitt

Producer
Diarmuid Lavery

Producer

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Teen Predator/Online Killer

CRIME

Investigating the catfish killer Alexander McCartney. Told from multiple perspectives, including the PSNI, the international investigating teams, and the families of those abused.

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Studio: BBC1NI
Released: 2024

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Subtitles: English (CC)

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: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.

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