A man has been charged with sexual offences after a sting was carried out by paedophile hunters.
Michael Wadley, 69, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court last week charged with a number of offences after police were called to his home on 12 December last year.
At the address in Bancroft, Bradford on Avon, paedophile hunters had confronted the defendant – accusing him of having sexual conversations with a 14-year-old girl.
He was arrested at the scene and numerous digital devices were seized by officers for forensic analysis.
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Wadley has since been charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, namely by sending photographs of his penis and encouraging her to masturbate.
He was further charged with two counts of possessing an indecent image of a child and possession of 55 images portraying a person performing an act of intercourse with a live or dead animal.
The case was deemed too serious to be dealt with by magistrates and it was sent to Salisbury Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing on 14 December. No pleas were entered at this stage.
He was bailed with a condition not to have unsupervised contact with anybody aged under 18.