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Rapist who used social media to blackmail Muslim men jailed for 16 years
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- Josh Parry LGBT & identity reporter Metropolitan Police.
- Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced in what one Metropolitan Police officer described as the biggest "sexploitation" case he has dealt with.
- He would then threaten to "out" them to their friends and family.
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Josh Parry LGBT & identity reporter Metropolitan Police. A man who created more than 100 fake social media profiles to blackmail and sexually assault other young Muslim men has been jailed for 16 years.
Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced in what one Metropolitan Police officer described as the biggest "sexploitation" case he has dealt with.
Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, heard how the 31-year-old used a network of fake Snapchat, Instagram and Grindr profiles to solicit intimate images of Muslim men and teenagers as young as 15, many of whom privately identified as gay or bisexual.
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