Kyle Fisher (Image: South Wales Police)
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A 19-year-old from Tonyrefail who targeted 20 girls aged between 10 and 15 – blackmailing them into performing degrading sexual acts on camera – has been sentenced to 10 years in a young offenders’ institution. ⚖️
Sentence
Kyle Fisher, of Heol Islwyn, Tonyrefail, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday where the Recorder of Cardiff, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, handed down the sentence with an extended licence period of four years.
Fisher was also made subject to a sex offender notification requirement and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, both imposed indefinitely.
In her sentencing remarks, Judge Lloyd-Clarke told Fisher: “Your victims suffered serious emotional and psychological harm and their parents have also suffered greatly… It’s important to state the responsibility and blame lies with you and you alone.”
The offences
The court heard Fisher was aged 15 and 16 when he carried out his campaign of abuse against victims across Wales, England and Scotland.
He contacted the girls through social media apps and dating websites using a false name, claiming to be 14 years old. He concealed his identity by wearing a mask and a Wales football bucket hat, both of which were later recovered from his home.
After making contact, Fisher pressured and threatened the girls into sending naked images of themselves. He warned victims he would hack their accounts, post images online for others to see, or send them to friends and family. He also told some victims he would kill himself if they did not comply.
Judge Lloyd-Clarke said: “Once you had their phone numbers you threatened or pressured them into sending naked images of themselves. You threatened to hack them or post images online for others to see.
“You threatened to harm yourself or to commit suicide to get the victims to do what you wanted. You told victims what you wanted them to do in images and videos. You recorded and kept the images and videos and if they asked for photographs of yourself you used images taken from the internet.”
Individual victims
Prosecutor Josh Scouller outlined the offences committed against each victim.
One girl, who was 15 when Fisher first made contact, initially refused his requests for photos. After Fisher threatened to hack her and post about her online, she found she had been locked out of her social media accounts. She then agreed to send graphic sexual images. Fisher also asked her for images of her younger sister, which she refused.
A second victim, aged 13, was asked by Fisher if she had a dog after she sent naked images at his demand. When he threatened to post the images on Facebook, the girl sent a video of herself, but Fisher insisted she allow the dog to perform a sexual act on her.
She refused, but Fisher repeated his threat and started a countdown until she complied. The ordeal lasted hours. The victim told Fisher she felt like “killing herself” but he continued with his demands. When she asked for an image of him in return, he sent a fake photograph, and when she said she would post it online he told her he “didn’t care”.
The remaining victims were targeted in a similar pattern of coercion and threats.
Evidence seized
Fisher was arrested in February 2024 and again in 2025. Analysis of his phone led to the discovery of the victims’ images and videos.
He was found to be in possession of 376 indecent images of children – 121 category A, 92 category B and 163 category C. He had shared and distributed indecent images of two of the victims and possessed 22 extreme images.
Guilty pleas
Fisher pleaded guilty to 21 counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, nine counts of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, three counts of making indecent images, three counts of distributing indecent images and possessing extreme images.
The court heard he was of previous good character.
Impact on victims and families
Victim personal statements read to the court revealed the devastating toll of Fisher’s abuse.
One mother said: “I never thought I would be in this position, sitting here today with my heart truly broken. My family life has been torn apart by this horrendous crime. When I became a mum I vowed I would protect my children at all costs.”
She described how her daughter had changed from a “fun loving, carefree soul” to becoming “distant, hiding in her bedroom and not wanting to join in”, suffering angry outbursts and struggling to control her emotions.
She added: “Despite everything I am incredibly proud of my daughter who continues to show kindness and care for others.”
One of the victims described being afraid of encountering Fisher in public, not knowing where he was from. She turned to self-harm and tried to take her own life two weeks after the incident, saying she felt “worthless and disgusting”.
Another mother described the impact on her daughter after images were sent to the girl’s friends. As a result, her daughter was forced to move school on several occasions and could no longer attend mainstream education. She said her daughter had self-harmed and told her she “didn’t want to be alive anymore”.
A further parent told the court her daughter had self-harmed, suffered panic attacks and made an attempt on her own life, experiencing feelings of “shame and guilt”.
A father said he discovered indecent videos of his daughter after they were sent directly to him. He said he “couldn’t believe what he was seeing” and his daughter was left “distraught” after the video had “gone viral”.
Defence mitigation
Defence barrister Marian Lewis told the court her client committed the offences when he was a “young boy” and described him as “vulnerable” due to learning difficulties and a traumatic family background which included domestic violence.
She said Fisher had been diagnosed with ADHD and had difficulty understanding “appropriate social behaviour”.
