Andrew James Bryant, an individual who performs as a drag queen and was scheduled to host the inaugural gay pride parade in a Welsh community has been apprehended following their involvement in an operation conducted by predator hunters. Andrew James Bryant, alias Miss Gin, was arrested on July 3rd.
STOP Stings initially disclosed Andrew James Bryant’s apprehension in conjunction with the Lincolnshire-based Guardian Angels, both community organisations dedicated to hunting out predators and engaging in voluntary child protection. Andrew James Bryant, also known as Andrew James Way, is accused of attempting to groom an undercover agent pretending to be a 14-year-old kid.
The operation aimed at apprehending Andrew James Bryant was broadcast in real-time on Facebook on July 3, when several individuals who specialise in catching sexual predators confronted him in a publicly accessible parking lot.
Andrew James Bryant, alternatively referred to as Andrew James Way.
“I’ve got in my possession a disgusting chat log. It is very, very consistent with somebody who is a very proficient groomer and is grooming somebody who he believes to be a 14-year-old boy,” one of the predator hunters says to Bryant, who is casually smoking a cigarette throughout the interaction.
Andrew Bryant initially endeavoured to repudiate the allegations, asserting that he was under the impression that the counterfeit account belonged to an individual who had reached the age of majority. However, the predator hunter promptly counters, informing Andrew Bryant that he possesses written evidence of the decoy explicitly informing Bryant that they were underage.
“That is an abject lie, isn’t it,” the predator hunter says, with Andrew Bryant finally conceding after some discussion.
Perhaps most disturbingly, the predator hunters reveal that the decoy account has been posing as a mentally vulnerable child who was unsure about his sexuality, something Andrew Bryant appears to have used as leverage.
“Do you know what chilled me about this particular chat log,” the predator hunter asks. “This lad you’ve been speaking to doesn’t know if he’s gay or not, does he? You are forcing yourself on him.”
Andrew Bryant shrugs off the revelation by attempting to apologise.
“Your apology means absolutely nothing to me. You have been speaking to what you believe to be a child online, and you were telling this 14-year-old boy that you want to ‘break him in.’”
Andrew Bryant solicited explicit photographs from the youngster and allegedly attempted to alleviate the child’s unease by informing him that other underage individuals had also provided him with such images. The predator hunters were unable to ascertain whether the behaviour in question was a deliberate grooming tactic or if Andrew Bryant had indeed received irrelevant pictures from children in addition to those involved in the sting operation.
Furthermore, aside from soliciting explicit photographs from the youngster, Andrew Bryant allegedly expressed a desire to engage in sexual activity with the child at a hotel. He also instructed the child to claim a familial relationship as his nephew if questioned falsely.
The live stream of the sting operation concluded with the cops’ arrival. Shortly after that, the predator hunters stated that Andrew Bryant had been apprehended and formally accused.
During the interaction with predator hunters, Andrew Bryant called himself a “drag artist” and a “drag queen” in apparent response to the mention of the account he used to message the decoy. He was well-known in his community as a drag queen by the name of Miss Gin.
In 2019, North Wales Live profiled Andrew Bryant, who described him as a “drag legend.” The fluff piece stated that Andrew Bryant had been working in drag for decades and began performing in women’s clothes when he was 10.
Bryant ceased his involvement in professional drag shows that year due to an injury and decided to establish a stable life with his then-fiancé, Timothy King. Andrew Bryant and King, who look to have a noticeable age difference, were scheduled to get married in 2020.
At the beginning of this year, Andrew Bryant declared his intention to revive Miss Gin and organise the inaugural gay pride parade in Welshpool, Wales.
Due to take place on July 22, the event was first floated at a town council meeting in December after Andrew Bryant submitted plans to host the event. But, on June 26, it was announced that the event had been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
Welshpool Town Council has confirmed the event will not go ahead, with the Town Clerk releasing a short statement reading: “The town council and Andrew James Way have decided not to work together shortly, meaning that the planned Pride event for 2023 will be cancelled.”
Big merchants such as Tesco, Morrisons, and Rikki Lloyd sponsored the extensively marketed event.
Andrew Bryant is the second documented paedophile drag queen to have been identified in the tiny nation of Wales.
According to a recent report by Reduxx, the renowned drag queen Darren Moore was discovered deceased on the evening of Sunday, January 22, in the vicinity of Cardiff City Centre. After his death, the media mainly emphasised Moore’s profession as a drag performer and his involvement in the Cardiff homosexual community. However, several news sources, including the Guardian, neglected to mention that he had previously been convicted of sexually abusing children.
Previously identified as Darren Sewell, Moore was convicted in 1999 in South Wales for four instances of raping a kid under the age of 14. Consequently, he served a 3-year sentence at a Young Offenders’ Institution. As a consequence of his offence, Moore was additionally prohibited from engaging in any form of communication or interaction with individuals who are minors.
Following the announcement of Moore’s demise, Sab Samuel, the founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK, mobilised their followers to contribute to a GoFundMe campaign to provide financial assistance for Moore’s funeral expenses and support their surviving spouse.
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