"I discovered that the boogeyman is real, and that he lives on the Web, " she told Congress at a judiciary committee hearing called to consider toughening online sexual predator laws.

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"I stand by our conclusion that four of the most powerful people at Penn State failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade, " he said.

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After sentencing, Det Insp Iestyn Davies of the North Wales Police major incident team who led the investigation, described Edgerton as a "serious sexual predator" and said the area was a safer place.

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