Graeme Phillips, the Moreton Paedophile, solicited a “naughty picture” and transmitted an image of his penis in a “semi-erect” condition, enquiring if she deemed it “nice”.
A deviant informed what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl that he possessed a ‘Big Mac in his shorts’. Graeme Phillips, 41, was apprehended by paedophile hunters after engaging with two decoy accounts last year.
Graeme Phillips was ensnared by the ‘Dank Dragons Exposed’ group after transmitting nude selfies and inappropriate communications to individuals he presumed were underage girls. He was located at a pub when a group named Stop UK confronted him on behalf of Dank Dragons Exposed and executed a citizen’s arrest.
He was issued a suspended sentence at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday, November 15) after admitting guilt to two charges of attempting to engage a child in sexual communication.
Liverpool Echo reports that Graeme Phillips told an account called ‘Sarah’ on the ‘Meet4U’ app that he was 40 and initially said “I think you’re too old for me”. However the court heard that Graeme Phillips began sending sexualised messages on December 1, 2021, after she changed a profile picture on her WhatsApp account.
Prosecution barrister Paul Blasbery said: “As a result of that picture the defendant told the decoy she was beautiful and stunning, he then sent a picture of himself naked from the waist up where he was sitting on the bed. He then told her ‘I probably have bigger t***’ than her, and told her he didn’t care if she wore a bra or not.”
Other vile comments including asking if he could “make her blush”, talking about her breasts and telling her he had a “Big Mac in his shorts”, referring to his penis. He also asked for a “naughty picture” and sent her a picture of his penis in a “semi-erect” state and asked if she thought “it was nice”.
On December 14, Graeme Phillips also began messaging a decoy account on Meet4U called ‘Scarlett’, operated by an adult who also posed as a 14-year-old. Mr Blasbery told the court Graeme Phillips began making sexualised comments and told her he slept naked, and began asking about her breasts. Graeme Phillips also told the decoy “not to tell her mum”.
At this point, Dank Dragons called on Stop UK to help and Graeme Phillips was confronted outside the Farmer’s Arms pub in Moreton, Wirral. Mr Blasbery said Phillips, who has no previous convictions, refused to answer any questions in his police interview.
Lionel Greig, defending, said his client had been living an “isolated” existence during lockdown, with his 71-year-old mum who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. He also said his client had lost his dad in 2018.
Mr Greig urged the court to spare his client immediate custody, and order intervention to address his behaviour and prevent him from re-offending, rather than a prison sentence.
The judge, Recorder Mark Ainsworth, agreed to spare Graeme Phillips immediate custody, telling the pervert addressing his perverted behaviour in the long term would benefit society more than a prison sentence.
He said: “I have to make an assessment of the prospect of rehabilitation in this case, having read the pre-sentence report I do believe there is a good prospect of rehabilitation in this case and I have a duty to society.”
Graeme Phillips, of Ivy Lane, Moreton, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended for two years, and told he must sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years. He was also ordered to complete the Horizon course for sex offenders and to complete 40 Rehabilitation Activity Days with the Probation Service.
He was also told to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order severely restricting his internet usage.
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