Trend of vigilante 'paedophile hunters' is booming across Britain on social media - but a defence lawyer warns botched, ...

An England-based online child protection group involved in stings of alleged sexual predators claims over 1,500 people a year are being snared by so-called paedophile hunting groups in the UK.

They all thought they were talking to children till they received a knock at the door ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Dark Justice, Mark de Rond goes undercover with a group of 'paedophile hunters' - DT Visuals What's the most repulsive thing ...

A pervert who compared himself to infamous sex offenders Rolf Harris, Jimmy Savile and Gary Glitter has walked free from court after a paedophile-hunting sting. Paul Clarkson was confronted by ...

In a new documentary for BBC Three, journalist Livvy Haydock investigates the rise of vigilante groups who, without official endorsement from the police, target suspected paedophiles. With access to ...

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The actions of a 65-year-old paedophile who had sexual conversations with someone he thought was a child and sent the 14-year-old 'girl' a video of himself masturbating, have been described by a judge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Google Paedophile hunters caught a man at Exeter St David's train station who thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl ...

A Scots paedophile hunter group left residents terrified when they confronted an alleged child sex offender at his Edinburgh home, a court was told on Monday. Gordon Buchan - former leader of the Wolf ...

Russell T Davies has said that he now keeps a knife next to his front door “ready to use” after a man turned up at his house. The screenwriter, 63, has long been targeted with death threats and online ...