Overview
- Riley, 35, pleaded guilty to 144 of 145 charges at Derby Crown Court, with one further count to lie on file.
- Judge Shaun Smith KC remanded him and said a very long prison term is inevitable, noting a life sentence is not out of the question.
- Sentencing is scheduled for May 7 and the hearing is expected to last all day.
- Prosecutor Leanne Summers told the court that all 121 identified victims are real people rather than decoy accounts.
- Offending between 2021 and 2023 involved a fake teenage Snapchat profile used to solicit indecent images, which he saved and used for 22 counts of blackmail, targeting girls as young as 12 in the UK and possibly overseas.