Man jailed after being caught by ‘paedophile hunters’ when he arranged to have sex with 14-year-old girl

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Court hears that paedophile hunter group had set up a decoy adult to communicate with accused online and pretend they were a 14 year old girl

Sgt Gary Duggan told how he attended at the cafe in Bishopstown on July 26th, 2019 after he was alerted by a group styling themselves as paedophile hunters that they had stopped Bowen as they believed he had come to the cafe with the intention of meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex.

The dossier revealed that Bowne had been communicating with the decoy girl from July 4th until July 26th and that over the course of these 22 days, he sent her photos of his penis, other adult genitalia and links to pornographic videos. He said that after viewing the dossier, he spoke to Bowen after caution, and he agreed that he had come to the cafe for the purpose of having sex with the girl and he confirmed that they had exchanged text messages and photos of a sexual nature.

She said he had co-operated fully with gardaí, gave them access to his phone and laptop and embarked on the Safer Lives programme, while he had pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and had no previous convictions and had not come to Garda attention since the incident.

 

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