Three 12-year-olds among victims of alleged revenge porn in Greater Manchester

• 11:47, 28 Apr 2016

Children as young as 12 in Greater Manchester are falling victim to ‘revenge porn’, according to police reports.

Officers at GMP investigated dozens of cases last year where private sexual images or films were shared without consent - and a third of complaints involved victims aged 18 or under.

According to the data, police received 123 complaints between April and December last year. Of these, 41 were children.

Three were 12, nine were 13, and six were 14.

The oldest complainant was 54.

New legislation which came into force in April last year, it became an offence to share such images without the consent of the person in the photograph or film.

The figures, obtained by the BBC through Freedom of Information, showed the majority of offences happened via social media, with more than half on Facebook.

But embarrassing snaps and videos were also shared on Instagram, Whatsapp and Snapchat, as well as dating website Plenty of Fish and even Skype.

The majority of complaints are still being investigated, yet figures show there have been 23 people in Greater Manchester have been charged in connection to the reports, and a further six cautioned.