Overview
- Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Cory Jones, 19, to eight years' detention in a young offenders institution, with release after serving two thirds.
- Jones must register as a sex offender for life and is subject to a lifelong sexual harm prevention order.
- Prosecutors said he contacted 37 children aged 10–16 on social media, used aliases, sent sexual material, and blackmailed those who refused further images.
- He pleaded guilty to 69 offences committed between September 2022 and November 2024, and police recovered 172 indecent images of children from his phone.
- Victim statements described lasting emotional harm, and authorities cited a complex joint investigation by the CPS and South Wales Police.