Skype

The judgement said Booth communicated with economically vulnerable women on Skype and arranged to meet them in locations such as South Africa, Dubai, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said.

Skype was not the first or only company offering this service but by allowing the public to make computer-to-computer calls free, it helped popularise the concept.

In an announcement on X, Skype said users can sign in to Microsoft Teams with their account to stay connected with all their chats and contacts.

As Microsoft once outlined, Skype became integrated with the company's other products such as Xbox and Windows devices.