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A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced after encouraging teenage women to carve his on-line username into their our bodies and ship him the images. The youth, who was 14 when the offences started, used a hidden username to focus on victims, primarily teenage women, over a 16-month interval.

He instructed them to self-harm by carving his username into their pores and skin after which ship him photos of the accidents, which he saved. He additionally downloaded indecent photos of kids. He pleaded responsible to encouraging self-harm at Southampton Youth Court on January 26, 2026.

Following a trial on the identical court docket on March 16, 2026, he was convicted of two fees of creating indecent photos of kids.

Police seized an Xbox from his house after he accessed accounts linked to the offences whereas on bail.

Messages recovered from his cellphone and laptop revealed a transparent sample of him directing victims to hurt themselves.

The boy, who can’t be named for authorized causes, was sentenced at Southampton Youth Court on Monday to an 18-month Youth Rehabilitation Order with a prohibited exercise requirement.

This bans him from accessing Discord, Telegram, the Onion Browser (TOR) or every other darkish internet browsers; from utilizing different social media platforms until supervised by an grownup or for instructional functions; and from accessing gadgets after 10pm. His cellphone and desktop laptop have been additionally forfeited and ordered to be destroyed.

Lauren McConnell, a senior crown prosecutor for CPS Wessex, stated: “This defendant deliberately hid behind an online identity to manipulate and harm vulnerable people.”

Ms McConnell added: “The prosecution proved that he encouraged others into self-harm over a 16-month period, whilst also downloading indecent images of children, causing serious harm through his online abuse.

“This case underlines that crimes committed online can be just as damaging as those committed offline, and the CPS will not hesitate to prosecute those who misuse the internet to exploit and harm others.”