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A man who enticed children to perform sex acts online using social media and gaming platforms has been jailed. Lorcan Elliott, 25, contacted 26 victims aged between 13 and 16 through platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, Skype and KIK during 2022 and 2023. He trawled internet sites where youngsters posted details of their Snapchat accounts to select victims, searching mainly for young boys and adding them as contacts. Then he enticed them to pose and perform sex acts with the promise of receiving hundreds of pounds – paying more if they co-operated with his demands. He also took images of the vi…