‘Golden boy’, 16, killed himself after being blackmailed over nude photos

Dinal De Alwis from Sutton received messages from man threatening to send images to ‘all of his followers’, inquest told

A 16-year-old described by his parents as a “golden boy” took his own life after being blackmailed over nude photographs, an inquest heard.

Dinal De Alwis, 16, was found by a coroner to have killed himself in Sutton, south London, in October 2022.