For example, it’s an offence for a child to make a sexual image of themselves - it’s also an offence to share and receive it, let alone coerce a child to take the picture in the first place. Quite apart from concerns over children exchanging sexual imagery, engaging in this kind of behaviour can constitute a criminal offence. Surveys show one in six children aged 13 and 14 has sent a nude picture of themselves, and an extraordinary 15per cent of 13-year-olds have been pressured to send such images. Roxy and her mother Gay (right) have now written a book together about their experience
Roxy Longworth (left) was 13 when a boy 14 years older than her coerced her into sending explicit selfies to him, before sharing them around her school.
