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David Huntley

Pervert dad snared at Travelodge by paedophile hunters after sending sex chats to decoy girls

A pervert was caught by paedophile hunters after sending sexual chats to two decoys he believed were underage girls.

Joshua Allott began speaking to what he believed were two 12 and 14-year-old girls on a chat app, and sent naked pictures of himself and highly explicit messages. But the 30-year-old dad-of-two was actually speaking to adult decoys who had created the fake profiles in order to capture perverts.

Allott, of Burman Road, Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham, was arrested after he was confronted by volunteers from The Child Online Safety Team at a Travelodge, in Cobalt Business Park, near the Silverlink. The confrontation was filmed and later circulated on social media.

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