A paedophile blackmailed a teenage girl into sending naked pictures of herself then posted them on her grandmother's Facebook page. Anthony Everton, from St Leonards, used emotional blackmail to force young girls to send him pictures after befriending them online. When one of his victims stopped sending pictures, Everton sent the ones he already had to her family, then posted them on her grandmother's public Facebook page.
Anthony Everton posed as a teenage boy to get teenage girls to send him naked photographs of themselves (Image: Sussex Police) Everton, 35, posed as a teenage boy and told the girls he would kill himself if they did not send him pictures. Once he had pictures, he told the girls he would send them to their families if they did not follow his demands. Cops recovered images and conversations from his phone despite his efforts to smash it when they raided his flat in St Leonards.
Chris Prior, prosecuting, said Everton used social media to find seven girls he targeted. If they tried to stop speaking to him or refused to send pictures, Everton would make threats to kill them or burn their houses down. "He would start on Snapchat," Mr Prior said.
"Moving through her friendship group using her connections. "Then he would bombard them with messages and calls and become angry when they did not respond instantly." His victims were all aged between 13 and 15 and he knew they were at school when he was messaging them.
"He pressed them for images. "When they refused or w.