“BEAST OF CANVEY ISLAND: Chilling moment notorious offender contacted undercover police from his bedroom — distinctive tattoo helped expose one of the UK’s most dangerous criminals”

That simple action in 2018 led to years of traumatic sexual abuse and blackmail online that was to make his life hell.

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The paedophile, who had 41,000 indecent videos on his phone, told the judge he ‘had no remorse’Credit: Channel 4
 

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Lang was jailed for 21 yearsCredit: Channel 4
 

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Lang was described as ‘careless’ having also unintentionally shown his face during one video callCredit: Channel 4
“She sent a picture of herself and asked for one in return and it interested me,” admits Sam, not his real name.

Things started to get sexual very quickly, with Chloe sending him naked pictures of herself, promising more and explicit ones if he sent similar of himself.

“We started to exchange pictures and she seemed trustworthy,” Sam said.

“Then she sent a message saying she had taken recordings of my videos and that if I didn’t keep sending her stuff and do what she says, she would send them to all my friends, family and my school. It was really scary.”