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Alleged Facebook intimidator on bail

October 30, 2014 5:37 am

A 22 year old US student who allegedly used Facebook to lure a girl into sending explicit photos and then using them to intimidate her has appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court.

Shivneel Singh has been charged with one count of Criminal Intimidation.

Its alleged Singh developed an online relationship with a 20 year Fijian girl and then asked to take her own nude photos and send them to him through Facebook.

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The victim sent the photos claiming she felt pressured to do so.

Singh allegedly threatened the student into having sex with him saying he would post her photos online if she refused.

He allegedly met the victim and threatened her again when he arrived in the country last Friday.

Singh was arrested at the motel where he met the tertiary student.

He has been released on bail and a stop departure order has been placed on him.