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Net pedophile jailed for five years
London
October 10, 2003
A British man described by police as the most prolific internet
predator ever caught has been jailed for five years, after admitting
he had tried to abduct a 14-year-old girl.
Douglas Lindsell, 64, compiled explicit sexual profiles of more
than 20 girls after gaining their trust via an MSN internet chat
forum, where he pretended to be a teenage boy.
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Police yesterday described Lindsell as an internet groomer or predator,
and said he had overtly sexual correspondence with 54 girls in Britain
and 19 abroad, obtaining their private email addresses and cell
phone numbers, with the express aim of persuading them to meet him.
Lindsell arranged to meet two of the girls, aged 13 and 14, and
tried to entice them into his car. However, the girls fled when
they saw a grown man in the driver's seat.
"The most prolific 'internet groomer' ever caught was sentenced
at Kingston Crown Court," police said in a statement.
They said the case showed the dangers of chat rooms, where young
girls could be befriended by so-called groomers - pedophiles who
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"Lindsell had a system of meeting, grooming, and attracting
young girls with a clear intent, and that was to commit an act of
indecent assault," Detective Chief Inspector Chris Watts said.
"He was obsessive in his pursuit of underage girls, and continued
to pursue them via an interactive cable channel which provided email
facilities, after we had confiscated his computer."
Lindsell admitted to a series of charges: the failed abduction
attempt in August; perverting the course of justice by contacting
the victims and asking them to delete his text messages and emails;
gross indecency with a child under 16; and two counts of sexual
and threatening harassment of a girl.
The 14-year-old victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons,
said Lindsell had entered the teenage chat room she visited and
tried to find out her personal details.
She said she had not given out many details because she thought
he was weird, but she had let slip enough information for Lindsell
to track her down.
"I didn't give him my number or anything, but I told him what
my uniform was like and the colour and stuff. Then the police told
me he went to my school's web site and found my school on internet
maps. He must have been trying to find me," the girl said in
an interview released by the police.
"We all know we cannot watch over our children 24 hours a
day, but we can make them aware of the dangers," the victim's
mother said.
Reuters
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