Prince Singh

Prince Singh, aged 23, alongside Charlie Johnson, aged 24, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court for offences related to coercing two teenage girls, aged 16 and 17, into serious self-harm. The incidents took place throughout 2024 and extended into January 2025. Singh and Johnson encouraged the victims to inflict severe injuries on themselves, such as carving names into their skin, with the aim of causing lifelong scarring. They further mocked the girls in online forums, treating the exploitation as entertainment.

The convictions marked a landmark under the Online Safety Act 2023, being the first for assisting or encouraging serious self-harm. Upon arrest in April 2025, police seized devices from the men's bedrooms containing evidence of indecent images of children and materials related to other potential victims. Singh specifically admitted to encouraging self-harm against one of the victims.

Judge Ruth Downing, sentencing on 10 December 2025, condemned the pair's unhealthy obsession with targeting young women for self-harm, describing their actions as planned and deliberate. The victims provided harrowing impact statements, detailing the profound emotional and physical toll, including ongoing nightmares and a sense of disposability.

Singh admitted to counts of making and distributing indecent images of a child, as well as encouraging serious self-harm. The case was prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at Woolwich Crown Court in London, underscoring the dangers of online exploitation.

• Singh was sentenced to two years and nine months' imprisonment.
• The offences involved online coercion and physical evidence of child exploitation.
• Both defendants shared a mutual interest in harming vulnerable schoolgirls.