UPDATE: 16 Year Old Croydon Boy Committed Suicide Over N*de Photos

Dinal De Alwis, The 16 Year Old Croydon Boy Who Committed Suicide Over N*de Photos
Dinal De Alwis, a talented 16-year-old boy in Croydon committed suicide over n*de photos.
A smart and ambitious Whitgift School student in Croydon committed suicide after falling prey to a nasty blackmail campaign on social media, according to an investigation.
Dinal De Alwis, 16, was a talented all-rounder who excelled both academically and athletically, representing his school in rugby and football. He aspired to study economics at Cambridge University, having received consecutive A’s in all of his GCSE subjects.
However, his promising future was cut short by a ruthless blackmailer who contacted him over Snapchat and wanted £100 in exchange for not sending n*de images of him to his internet followers.
The inquest heard that on October 26, 2022, Dinal got two images of himself from the blackmailer, who appeared to be working out of Nigeria. The blackmailer wrote, “Do you think banning me will stop me? What do you want me to do, send to all of your followers? Why aren’t you just paying me? £100?”
Dinal, who had recently started sixth form, answered that he assumed the photographs had already been shared with his followers. He then sent “goodbye” texts to his parents and two brothers, telling them he loved them and urging them to take care of one another.
He left his family home around 2 a.m. and captured a quick video of himself going along a suburban street.
His devastated father, Kaushallya De Alwis, told the coroner: “Dinal was the most caring son. He was bright. He got straight A*s in all of his subjects at GCSEs and was top of the school for English and economics. We come from Sri Lanka, so we were so proud to hear he was so good at English. He was brave. He played for the football and rugby teams at Whitgift School. He never asked for anything from us.”
He said, “His loss is the greatest imaginable loss. It is really painful. “The fact that he ended his life in this way suggests that the world is cruel.”
The police and the National Crime Agency revealed that they were unable to locate the blackmailer, who is believed to have had further victims. They recommended anyone who receives such threats to report them without paying any money.
Chris Ramsey, the headmaster of Whitgift School, praised Dinal, describing him as a “gentle, caring, and popular young man” with a “very bright future ahead of him”.