Ian Leslie Bates [2019] EWCA Crim 1084

  • Ian Leslie Bates [2019] EWCA Crim 1084

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    The appellant communicated with a dummy profile of a 13 year old girl set up by a group of ‘paedophile hunters”, and another for a 14 year old girl. When interviewed he accepted the communication and that he knew it was paedophile hunters and wanted to confront them. In sentencing…

  • Yasir Jibran [2019] EWCA Crim 1007

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    The appellant pleaded guilty on the first day of trial to attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment. The appellant had been in contact with a fake profile of a 15 year old boy on Grindr set up by a vigilante group….