He began messaging the pretend teenager – named Poppy and said to live in Leeds – in May last year
Ian Wadsley, 47, of Clog Mill Gardens in Selby, had been talking online with the decoy, which was being operated by a member of the vigilante group Net Justice.
Ian Wadsley was confronted by the vigilante group Net Justice when trying to meet a 13-year-old at the McDonalds in Killingbeck. Picture: Google Wadsley texted Poppy “continuously” and asked her to meet him numerous times. When she asked if they would kiss Wadsley replied that “if it led to other stuff he would have his party hats with him”.Wadsley then arranged to meet Poppy at the McDonald’s at Killingbeck and was surrounded in his car by members of Net Justice, who questioned and took videos of him.
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