He went on a website where you can chat to strangers over webcam and met a ‘girl’ who piqued his interest. So he gave her his phone number. “I didn’t care about the money, all I could think about was trying to prevent that video getting out. "We did everything we could - closing down his social media accounts, changing his phone number and we gave him a stern talking to. Even if you give money to the person making demands, there may be continued requests for larger amounts of money.

Source: Daily Mirror March 19, 2018 17:48 UTC