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Man charged for grooming 'girl' for sex

4/09/2008 8:38:00 AM.  | Laura Tunstall
A Sydney man has been charged with grooming an underage girl for sex after an undercover police officer traced him over the internet.

The man was reported to New South Wales police by a West Australian officer from the Cyber Predator Team.

The officer had engaged in an online conversation with him posing as a 12-year- old girl.

Detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit swooped on the man's Thornleigh home yesterday morning - seizing his computer.

The 34-year-old has been charged with four counts of using a carriage service to groom children.

Child Protection and Sex Crimes Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec, said the arrest served as a warning to people engaged in this type of activity.  
 
“You can’t hide behind the anonymity of the internet.  We work closely with our counterparts around Australia and overseas, and have the technology and skills to covertly monitor your usage of the computer,”

He's been granted conditional bail to appear in court later this month.

COMMENTS

Thursday, 04 September 2008

But, he didn't groom a 12 year old girl. He was grooming an officer of the law posing as a 12 year old girl. Sounds like the two of them were into role playing. One gets to go to jail and the other gets to do it again and again. This kind of entrapment smells to high heaven to me. The line gets crossed when the perp actually sets up a meet and makes and attempt to see the "victim". That would be when an arrest should be made and incarceration for many years slapped on the sick perv.

Posted by: Pithy Opiner, California, USA

 

Thursday, 04 September 2008

I think the defining point here Pithy is that he BELIEVED he was grooming a 12 year old girl, so he showed clear intent to get up to no good with an underaged girl. I think that although it does smell of entrapment, it does keep the wierdos on their toes and may even stop a few from carrying out their sicko fantasies.

Posted by: Peter C, Sydney

 

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Pithy, ENTRAPMENT ??? BS....These predators troll the net , teenagers sites and childrens chat..The Police who engage in these operations are highly trained and in many cases save children from lowlife slime. I am aware their are sick individuals out there who actually do role play the part of children in their twisted fantasies, but this was a Police Operation. They would have been monotoring this predator before making contact with him. If he was "entrapped" Bloody good thing, one less of them

Posted by: susan lawe, gippsland

 

Thursday, 04 September 2008

There is a difference between entrapment and what these internet cops do. They sit online pretend to be a child & wait for a freak to approach them, they do not approach people. Same with pretending to be a prostitute, & waiting for a person to approach - there is no difference. Same with importing baby powder, but you think its heroin (becasue the police swapped it) - you will still be guilty of importing heroin. Theres no difference.

Posted by: Concerned Liberal, Minto

 

Thursday, 04 September 2008

"Concerned Liberal"?? No way, you sound very much like a right wing fascist. Welcome to our side of the aisle. You're going to like it over here. The more the merrier. Don't you just want to sing.....I Can See Clearly Now.... :-)

Posted by: Pithy Opiner, California, USA

 

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Pithy we have had special Police Operations monitoring and capturing peodophiles for as many years now as you have. In fact Australian Police Operations were the ones who recently uncovered and had arrested a world wide peda ring on the net. They NEVER contact these slime, they wait for the low lives to contact them...after , in some cases, many months of monitoring their internet activities. Any one who stops these child predators in their tracks, are ridding us of the lowest life forms.

Posted by: susan lawe, gippsland

 

Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Susan, have you ever gone to these little chat sites where these so-called innocent little girls hang out?? You would be freaked out at how agressive they are. I went to see for myself and scooted out of there in less than 2 minutes. 12F this and 13F that were not hinting at what they wanted to chat about. The came right out and were quite explicit. I was aghast. My wife on the other computer was flabbergasted, as well. I got out of there fast. And, I am no prude, I tell you. Try it.

Posted by: Pithy Opiner, California, USA

 
 

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