2023-02-14
Would-be abuser caught in sting operation by online vigilante group
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A man who was caught through a sting operation by an online vigilante group who posed as a 13-year-old in WhatsApp conversations has been jailed for 16 months. Judge Nolan accepted that Ashmore's absence will cause great difficulty for his mother but that he was deserving of a custodial sentence before he jailed him for 16 months.