Vigilantes Catch Child Predator Who Thought He Was About To Meet A 13-Year-Old
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This is the moment when a paedophile was caught on camera thinking he was about to meet a 13-year-old girl he had been grooming online."Take a seat"
Jeremiah Mace, 65, had been having explicit conversations with members of Dark Justice, who track down men seeking sexual activity with underage girls.
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Mace, who was also having unrelated sickening chats with a vulnerable 15-year-old girl at the same time, was confronted by the group when he turned up to meet the girl in Newcastle city centre.
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According to the Daily Mail, Mace appeared at Newcastle Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child after grooming, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and making indecent photographs of a child.
During the trial, the court heard that the other chats with the 15-year-old girl had left a lasting impact on her. Apparently, Mace discussed taking the youngster's virginity and talked in ‘extremely sexual terms'.
In a victim impact statement, she said: "At times I felt suicidal. I didn't want to think back to what happened. I wanted all of it to go away."
She added that she felt ‘panicked and anxious' while out alone and needed counselling.
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He was sentenced to 10 months in prison suspended for two years with rehabilitation requirements. The lenient sentence was apparently down to his ‘ill health'.
Judge Adams told Mace: "An immediate sentence, although not impossible, would of course, in your circumstances be much more difficult than for someone who is able bodied.
"It would not deal with the ongoing risks you pose as a result if your sexual interests."
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Upon hearing of the verdict, a spokesperson for Dark Justice said: "Where is the justice for his victim who is scared to walk the streets alone because of him? He has been given no real punish
