PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS LIVE STREAMED CONFRONTATION WITH MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MEETING 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man was filmed live when snared by paedophile hunters after sending a photograph of his bed to a make-believe girl.Muhammed Razzaq, 38, sat with his head lowered at Nottingham Crown Court as Judge Timothy Spencer QC said: "You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.
"Underage girls are no-go, aren't they?
Going onto a website looking for sexual titillation is fraught with difficulty." Alan Murphy, prosecuting, told the court: "This is known colloquially as a paedophile hunter type case." He said an online group invented the character of a 14-year-old girl.
They put her profile on an over-18 site which is known to attract people younger than that.
Shortly after midnight on August 5, Razzaq posted the single word: "Beautiful." The group responded in the girl's name: "Hi, I am 14.
You OK?" There followed 109 pages of chat involving Razzaq of Norton Street, Radford.
He admitted attempting to contact the girl.
"In the conversation, he asks if she drinks, smokes and has she had sex.
He asked her to send a photograph because she was 'very beautiful,'" said Mr Murphy.
In the messages, Razzaq says he is 36.
At one point, he writes "14 and 36, no good together." He appears to be "plainly suspicious and thinks it could be a fake profile" but later makes sexual comments and posts a picture of his bed.
He then makes arrangements to meet the girl in an Alfreton car park at 10am and promises to return her at 3pm, said Mr Murphy.
"At the pick-up point, he is confronted by members of the group.
They live stream on Facebook their confrontation and the police are contacted," added Mr Murphy.
Razzaq had never been in trouble before.
He was given a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was put on the sex offenders' register for a decade.
He was ordered to pay £670 prosecution costs.
Chris Smith, mitigating, said Razzaq accepted that he could have been sent to prison immediately for the offence.
"Bear in mind his plea, which reflects his admissions and some degree of remorse, bearing in mind his acceptance of responsibility is echoed in the pre-sentence report and his good character," said Mr Smith.
