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Parents warned after convicted predator used fake online identities to groom schoolgirls

Police believe there could be more victims. Discover how detectives uncovered the scale of the offending and why families are being urged to talk to children about their online contacts.

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00:01A convicted child sex offender has been jailed for 25 years after detectives uncovered dozens
00:07of further offences involving girls he targeted online. Saeed Sharia Ahmed from Barkingside used
00:13fake profiles and altered photographs to pose as a teenage boy and groom girls aged between
00:1813 and 16. He was convicted of 37 further offences following a second trial at Southwark Crown Court.
00:26The Met says detectives uncovered 12 more victims by examining hundreds of gigabytes of digital
00:31evidence. Ahmed has now been convicted on 56 child sexual abuse offences involving 18 victims.
00:39Police are urging anyone who had contact with him to come forward.

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