The Snapchat and social media predators in Yorkshire every parent needs to know about

They have all been sentenced Sick sex offenders use every platform available to try and target children they deem to be prey. As more and more social media platforms are developed, they work to add their profiles, often posing as youngsters, in order to target them, send them indecent images and arrange to meet up. Snapchat is one that has been regularly mentioned through the courts in Yorkshire, as is Kik, WhatsApp and other social media platforms. These paedophiles and sex offenders are punished harshly, often receiving jail terms. Some of them are found to have not known that they are talking to workers for paedophile vigilante groups rather than a child, and are subject to “stings” where they are arrested and dealt with by the courts. Others arrange to meet real-life children whose lives are changed forever due to their crimes. Below is a list of predators locked up so far this year that have used social media to carry out their crimes. Giles Cockitt Sex offender Cockitt was “stung” by a paedophile group after being caught communicating with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl. The profile was actually a decoy run by the group, who received an
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