00:00This is the moment a predator was arrested at his London home for posing as a transgender woman online
00:05before blackmailing and then raping young men in a huge sextortion case.
00:10I'm going to arrest you for rape, two counts of rape, blackmail and threatening to disclose sexual images.
00:15I have no idea. Oh my God.
00:17Detectives are now appealing for further victims to come forward after Waleed Saeed from Ilford
00:22targeted men from South Asian and Muslim communities on Snapchat and Grindr,
00:26believing these victims would be less likely to contact police.
00:30In August 2024, a victim reported they'd exchanged sexual images with someone they believed to be transgender
00:36before receiving intimidating messages from another account run by Saeed, revealing his true identity as a man.
00:43The 31-year-old demanded payment or threatened to release the images.
00:47When the victim could not pay, Saeed demanded they met in person.
00:50He raped them three separate times in a London park.
00:53Police were able to trace the social media accounts back to Saeed and he was arrested.
00:58Further searches revealed more intimate images linked to other unidentified victims,
01:03some of whom are believed to be children as young as 15.
01:06Saeed was sentenced to 16 years in prison, having been found guilty of 17 offences,
01:11including rape, blackmail and making indecent images of children.
01:15Lead investigator Peter Collington said,
01:17We want to be absolutely clear that no one should ever have their sexuality exploited or weaponized against them in
01:24this way.
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