Police warning to activist groups as '˜paedophile hunter' sent to prison

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Nov 2018, 14:41 BST
Updated 18th Nov 2018, 15:51 BST
Police have welcomed a custodial sentence handed down to a so-called paedophile hunter in Craigavon

Caolan Murray, 25, of Mark Court, Lurgan, was sentenced to seven months in prison and was given a three-year restraining order at Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of common assault, possession of an offensive weapon, a cross bow, and disorderly behaviour in connection with an attack on a man in the Lurgan area on February 22.

The incident followed a confrontation by an online child sexual abuse activist group on February 18.

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