Ben was 14 when he was blackmailed online into sending expli

Ben was 14 when he was blackmailed online into sending explicit pictures. He tried to take his own life. But, unlike some other victims of 'sextortion', he survived to tell a story every parent should read

Ben Wilde* was a popular and academic 14-year-old when he received a chatty Facebook message from a girl he'd never met, who claimed she was friends with someone on his school football team.

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