Moment paedophile hunters snare pervert, 59, who thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl in a car park as he is jailed for 13 months
- David Pick was caught trying to meet up with a 13-year-old girl on April 13
- Pick thought he had been chatting with a child online and planned to meet her
- He had really been speaking to undercover paedophile hunters Geordie Chasers
- The group confronted Pick at a Matalan car park in Killingworth, Newcastle
- Pick was jailed for 13 months for attempting to meet a child following grooming
This is the moment a pervert who thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl was snared by paedophile hunters, leading to a 13-month jail term.
David Pick, 59, had been exchanging sexual chat on social media app Qeep with a decoy posing as a teen before he arranged to meet her in a Matalan car park in Newcastle.
But Pick had actually been communicating with the undercover group Geordie Chasers who turned up to the rendezvous to confront him on April 13.
David Pick thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl in a Matalan car park in Newcastle
Pick, of Chad House, Hartlepool, initially denied chatting with the ‘girl’ but when the paedophile hunters sent him messages from her profile his mobile phone immediately pinged.
One group member, known only as Geordie, said: ‘It was quite funny, he had the app open on his phone and was getting messages from us even while he was saying it wasn’t him.
‘We were very clear about the girl’s age but that did not deter him. He made his intentions very clear from the start of the conversation.’
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In the video a member of Geordie Chasers tells Pick: ‘You are here to meet a 13-year-old girl, my son.’
He replies: ‘No, I am not. I have just been to the shop.’
But the paedophile hunter tells him: ‘Yes you are my son.’
Pick’s phone goes off in his top pocket after he is sent a message by the group and they tell him to show them the screen, which reveals he is logged on to the app.
Pick, of Chad House, Hartlepool, initially denied chatting with the ‘girl’ but when the paedophile hunters sent him messages from her profile his mobile phone immediately pinged
Another group member says: ‘You still have the conversation open on your phone and you are trying to deny it.’
At Newcastle Crown Court yesterday Pick was jailed for 13 months for attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register and made subject of a sexual harm prevention order for ten years.
Pick had travelled 30 miles from his home in Hartlepool, Cleveland, to meet who he thought was the young girl in the car park of Matalan in Killingworth, Newcastle.
Geordie added: ‘These sentences are never long enough.
‘He will be out in a matter of months and free to offend again. Next time a real child could be involved.’
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