In 2018, the Offender Database reported that Andrew Williamson, the Havant Paedophile Child Molester, who groomed an individual he presumed to be a minor online, did not get sent to prison.
Andrew Williamson of Havant, Hampshire, was convicted at Portsmouth Magistrates Court for:
- Two counts of an adult attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child
The court was informed that Andrew Williamson accessed the internet profile he presumed belonged to a young girl.
Andrew Williamson transmitted a series of sexual messages with the intention of initiating sexual interaction with the child.
Nonetheless, the child was nonexistent.
A paedophile hunting team established it to apprehend online sexual predators who exploit youngsters.
The paedophile hunting groups L&L and Riders Against Paedophiles confronted Andrew Williamson on behalf of the hunting squad ‘Soloceptors.’
He was apprehended in December 2017.
Andrew Williamson received a three-month prison sentence, which was suspended for a period of twelve months.
He received a three-year community order and was mandated to register as a sex offender for seven years.
A sexual harm prevention order was imposed for seven years, and he was mandated to engage in a sex offender rehabilitation program for 29 days.
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