Cyber predator Paul Pickerill, apprehended in an internet sting operation, informed a ’13-year-old girl’ that she was “a young woman now and prepared for sexual activity.”
Nevertheless, the ‘kid’ was actually an adult affiliated with the paedophile hunter organisation Net Justice.
The 65-year-old resident, Paul Pickerill, of Lockgate West, Windmill Hill, Runcorn, confessed to attempting to induce a child aged 13 to 15 to participate in sexual activity and to engage a youngster in sexual correspondence.
The allegations pertain to inappropriate communications Paul Pickerill engaged in throughout March, during which he feigned being 55 years old and transmitted explicit images and videos of himself to the purported female recipient. He was incarcerated for a duration of 20 months.
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