Police were already investigating Mark Lee in relation to another boy - known only as Boy 1 - when they came across a screenshot of the second boy, referred to as Boy 2, on his phone.
A ‘determined and manipulative’ paedophile messaged a young teenager's mum to out him as gay after targeting him online.
She said: “He had this taken away from him, to tell me he was gay, because Mark Lee told me about their relationship. All I ever wanted to do was to protect my son and I couldn't.” The mum messaged Lee about her son, and he told her they just flirted and he was 16. She later searched through her son’s phone and found Snapchat messages and images of her son’s genitals which had been shared with Lee, and other messages which showed they had discussed engaging in sexual acts.
Detectives spoke to Boy 2 and his mother, and he confirmed he had been in contact with Lee and that they had met in person. The boy’s mother said she had also been in contact with Lee. Officers found chat logs between Boy 2 and Lee, which included images of Lee’s genitals, screenshots of bank transfers between Lee and the boy, messages indicating they had met in person and 21 indecent images of the boy. Boy 2 was under 16 at the time.
The mum of the second boy said: “I first heard of Mark Lee when I randomly got a Facebook message from him. Since that day my life has turned upside down.” She said she had tried to speak to her son about Lee but he ‘closed up’ until she took him for a drive and he told her ‘everything’. The mum said Lee had lied to her about his age and said he ‘made her feel sorry for him’.
Judge Conrad said he was ‘entirely satisfied’ that Lee is a ‘dangerous offender’. He sentenced Lee to an extended sentence, comprising of five years in prison, and an extra three years on licence. Lee, of Greenbrow Road, will have to serve at least two-thirds of the five year sentence, before the Parole Board decide whether it is safe for him to be released.
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