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David Meikle

Pervert snared by vigilantes after being caught sending explicit pictures to 'teen girl'

A pervert was caught sending explicit pictures to a 'teenage girl' after vigilantes arranged to buy a guitar from him.

Craig Telfer, 42, struck up a conversation with the 14-year-old on dating app Skout from his own 'Craigyboy' profile.
He turned the chat towards sex unaware he was talking to an adult member of the group Maximum Exposure UK.

They aim to expose adults communicating indecently with children and trying to meet youngsters for sexual activity.
Telfer sent a string of depraved messages to 'Amy' before sending explicit images of himself and others carrying out sexual acts.

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A probe by the paedophile hunter group led to Telfer being identified on social media selling guitars. Members of the group arranged to buy one but confronted him in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, and streamed it live on Facebook.

Telfer, of Easterhouse, Glasgow, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual messages and images in November 2020.

Depute fiscal Vish Kathuria told the court: "A profile was set up on social dating app Skout under the name of Amy with a picture of a 14-year-old girl having been given permission to use the image by the child's mother who is also a member of the group.

"It was set up in March 2020 and in November 2020, the profile received contact from another profile under the name of 'Craigyboy' with a profile image later identified as the accused. The chat then became sexualised as initiated by the accused.

"He later sent a selfie-style image of himself which was taken from the waist down and there were a number of requests by the accused for images of Amy which were described as 'naughty images'."

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The prosecutor added: "As a result of this, the witnesses made various enquiries to identify the accused and discovered he had a Facebook profile and was selling guitars.

"A member of the group contacted the accused with a view to buying a guitar in order for him and his colleagues in the vigilante group to carry out what is described as a sting.

"That occurred in a car park in Chapelhall and his colleagues confronted the accused in respect of this and the confrontation was streamed live on Facebook.

"A phone was seized and later examined and found to contain some of the images that had been sent."

Sheriff Thomas Millar deferred sentence until next month for reports and continued bail. Telfer was placed on the sex offenders' register.

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