Case Details
Case Name
Nathan Canning- Halifax -
Person Name
Nathan Canning
TikTok Username
@trainer_nathan2
Opened
2026-04-12 14:40:41
Summary
Nathan Canning: Jailed for Coercing Minors into Sending Indecent Images
Nathan Canning, from Halifax, was sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution after being convicted of coercing two underage girls into sending him sexual images and then threatening to distribute them. The case was heard at Bradford Crown Court, as reported by Examiner Live on October 2, 2018.
Canning initiated online relationships with the girls, whom cannot be named for legal reasons, and pressured them into providing explicit photographs. When the victims attempted to end the contact, he resorted to threats, warning he would share the images with their parents or post them publicly. He told one girl, "Just one click and I will send them to your dad. My finger is on the send button," and informed the other that he would "make her life hell" if she did not send more material.
He followed through on these threats: he sent an indecent image, purported to be of one victim, to her father, and told the other girl's father that she was sending nude photos to adult men. Canning pleaded guilty to multiple offences, including causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sending malicious communications. Recorder Alistair MacDonald QC handed down the sentence, noting the severity of the manipulation and harm inflicted on the young victims.