Police report perverse new cyber-bullying technique

Police are reporting that children are pretending to be paedophiles in order to frighten their classmates online..

Police in Devon and Cornwall are investigating claims that nine accouchement were addled on amusing networking sites by addition who was originally anticipation to be an adult. But a attestant has claimed that the culprits are accouchement who are assuming to be bloodthirsty paedophiles in adjustment to alarm classmates.

A agent for Devon and Cornwall badge told the Guardian: ” Information from the accessible has accent a achievability that the offenders could be accouchement age-old 10 and over, masquerading as a paedophile.”

“The investigations are continuing and at this moment we are attractive into every band of analysis and are not cardinal out any possibility. It could be youngsters arena a ailing bold to try and alarm accompany they accept collapsed out with.”

“This will be advised actively and we will be contacting the families of the accouchement complex and we will try and advice them by involving amusing services.”

The contest occurred in Padstow in Cornwall and initially acquired a agitation amid parents.

A agent for the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre told the newspaper: “We accept abounding incidents of cyber-bullying