A high-flying Royal Mail executive has been sentenced after being caught by a Swindon-based paedophile hunter when he came to meet a ‘child’ for sex in Bath.
Edmund Phipps, 50, from Gloucester travelled to the city on 12 July last summer in a bid to meet up with a 14-year-old girl who he’d be having sexual conversations with online.
At Bristol Crown Court on Thursday, Phipps was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months. 60 days rehabilitation and seven years on the sex offenders’ register.
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Danny Catcher said: “I do this because I want to protect children from paedophiles like Phipps, people who prey on vulnerable young people.
“He came to Bath in summer 2017 with the intention of having sex with a child. This is not acceptable behaviour and he deserves the punishment handed out today.
“If he can meet a decoy child for sexual activity, he could meet a real child. He is a danger to children and I am pleased to hear that he’s pleaded guilty to the offences.
“I sincerely hope that this is a wake-up call and that he never goes online to groom or meet a child in the future.”
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