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A man who moderated an online forum that blackmailed young girls into taking indecent images or harm themselves has been sentenced after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
Bradley Talbot, 29, from Portsmouth, was an active member of a Com group operating on Telegram.
Com groups are online collectives of individuals who work together or compete to cause harm across a range of criminality, from cybercrime to child sexual abuse.
Talbot’s 6,000 strong group sought out and shared child sexual abuse material and Talbot was seen as a ‘core member’.
They targeted children on social media, initiating chats before coercing them to send photos of themselves.
In time, they would escalate the request to indecent images before making further explicit demands and threatening to share the images with the victim’s family if they do not comply.
The abuse also included forcing them to carve the names of their tormentors on their bodies with sharp instruments.
Victims were aged 12 to 17.
More than 100 child victims have been discovered through this group and at least 25 per cent are believed to be from the UK.
Messages on the Telegram group showed Talbot was actively involved in marketing and advertising blackmail child abuse content and was regularly involved in deciding how the group conducted its activities in order to seek further content.
In one, he discussed providing a short video showcasing the abuse held on the channel, stating ‘it’ll be a good way to entice people to join’. Other messages showed he was involved in livestream abuse of children, directing the abuse through video chats.
Talbot was charged with participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group, arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child under 13 and distributing an indecent image of a child. He pleaded guilty in a hearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on 29 April 2025.
He was sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment today (21 November) and will have a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).