A Perth Paedophile, David Smith, apprehended by internet paedophile hunters, admitted on a livestream to grooming a minimum of 10 underage girls and possessing child abuse photographs depicting children as young as three years old.
David Smith, 52, utilised his real name and said he was 20 years younger when transmitting images of his genitals to girls he presumed were 13 and 14 years old.
He was oblivious to the fact that he had been interacting with three fictitious identities until the paedophile hunters arrived at his residence to interrogate and record him.
Asked how many he had communicated with, he replied: “It must be in double figures. I’m sorry I did this. I don’t go looking for children. I’ve not molested any children.”
David Smith, from Perth, admitted three grooming charges as well as a charge of having child abuse images showing images of children as young as three years old.
Sentence was deferred for background reports and Sheriff Simon Collins remanded David Smith in custody.
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