‘The High Court has dismissed an appeal by a solicitor struck off after telling an undercover television reporter that he would help them apply for a visa on the back of a bogus marriage.’
Legal Futures, 4th June 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Paedophile hunters helped convict 150 sex offenders, a seven fold rise in two years, despite police pleas for them to stop.
Daily Telegraph, 11th April 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Self-described “paedophile hunters” have welcomed a court ruling that will allow them to continue to pose as children online to catch sexual predators.’
The Guardian, 8th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Groups posing as under-age girls online to expose suspected paedophiles – commonly referred to as ‘paedophile hunters’ – say they gain quicker results than police. But is their work undermining official investigations?’
BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘One of the Conservative MPs who was contacted by a Sunday Mirror reporter posing as a woman interested in sex is to write to the Metropolitan police over the tabloid sting. Mark Pritchard said he would contact Scotland Yard and make a formal complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) over accusations of entrapment.’
The Guardian, 29th September 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A crown court judge today described the News of the World’s story about the father of England footballer John Terry selling cocaine as a ‘very, very clear case of entrapment’.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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