Introduction to the Case Study Collection

The Cyber Trust
Part of the Family Internet Monitoring Project

This collection of case studies explores real-world news stories highlighting how children and young people can be placed at risk through their online activities.

The collection is drawn from real cases investigated by the Cyber Choices team at the National Crime Agency and stories reported in the press.

All of these cases could have been prevented had parents been able to monitor their child's online activity and intervene.



News Item Link Cyber Choices Link

Story:Dangerous & extremely troubled’ paedo, 18, who told girl, 14, to self-harm and carve his name into her skin is jailed

Source: The Sun

 

A particularly harrowing story of a young girl being groomed by another teenager.  

The perpertator openly referred to himself as a paedophile online and he started grooming the victim, a 14 year old girl. He demanded he to behave in innapproriate ways, encouraged self harming and played on her easting disorder to make her life a misery.

The 18 year old began the abuse in September of 2024 and used  Discord, Telegram, and WhatsApp to target the vulnerable child.

Read the full story here