Police have confirmed a man was arrested after online paedophile hunters confronted a man in Richmondshire yesterday.
Members of 365 Hunters filmed live in the village of Ravensworth as they spoke to a man they said had engaged in sexual conversations with a decoy who told him she was a 12-year-old girl.
The video showed police arriving and arresting the suspect before taking him away in a police van.
The footage of the confrontation has been watched by tens of thousands of Facebook users.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said today: “On the morning of 28 August, North Yorkshire Police arrested a man in his 20s from the Richmondshire area on suspicion of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a chid and attempted to cause a child to engage in sexual activity.
“The man was given conditional police bail to allow for further enquiries to be carried out. The investigation is ongoing.”
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Were any of those harassing a man who is innocent until proven guilty arrested too?
Innocent? He’s been texting someone he thought to be 12? Where is the innocence?