Gary Mosedale 58

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A pervert trucker was injured as he was 'accosted' by paedophile hunters at his North Staffordshire home.

Gary Mosedale hurt his back as he tried to stop the group from entering his property in Blythe Bridge.

But the 58-year-old was arrested following the confrontation. Now Mosedale has been jailed for four years.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that in late May 2024 the HGV driver messaged a Facebook profile of a 'girl' who immediately identified herself as aged 13.

The conversation moved to WhatsApp and became sexual with Mosedale explaining what orgasms were. He instructed her to carry our sex acts on herself. He was in fact communicating with a paedophile hunter.

Prosecutor Jonathan Dickinson said:

"Mosedale said, 'It is too bad you are not 16'. He called her beautiful. He said, 'When you are 16 or 17 boys will be after one thing'.

"He asked if she had seen a c**k. He went on to explain what sex and orgasms were. He instructed her to play with her breasts. He told her she will enjoy it. He showed a video of a woman but deleted it. He encouraged her to try it, telling her she is doing it right."

A hunter group attended Mosedale's home address on May 31.

Mr Dickinson added: 

"The initial interaction was caught on CCTV. He tried to block them from entering his house."

Mosedale, of Bridgwood Road, Blythe Bridge, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child; attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity; and attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act. The court heard he has 17 previous convictions for 46 offences but no previous sexual offences.

Catherine O'Reilly, mitigating, said Mosedale had taken responsibility for his actions. He asked to be remanded in custody. Miss O'Reilly said: "He has nothing of a sexual nature on his record. He received an injury to his back as a result of the actions of the group.

"He has struggled in the custodial environment. He is now in a wheelchair. He has sought medical help. He is working, packing tea bags. He worked as an HGV driver prior to being remanded."

Judge Richard McConaghy said:

"In late May you engaged in sexualised conversation online with a profile you believed to be a 13-year-old girl. You moved on to provide specific instructions of how to masturbate and encouraged that profile to do so. You also sent videos of a sexual nature, showing the acts that you were describing. The conversation lasted over a few days.

"It turned out, of course, that the profile was not in fact a 13-year-old girl. But that does not change the fact that you believed it to be so.

"You have been convicted on 17 previous occasions for 46 offences, but the last of those was over 20 years ago. None of your previous convictions were of a sexual nature.

"I acknowledge what took place in terms of your remand into custody. It was at your own request, for your own protection. I have seen the video clip as to what took place at the front door of your address. I have expressed my disquiet at the way you were accosted at your front door."

Mosedale was made the subject of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and was placed on the sex offenders' register for life.