A “predatory paedophile” has been sentenced to seven years in prison after sending sexualised messages to who he thought were teenage girls and asking them if they could do “naked stuff” 😡
David Taylor, 43, of Barry, was caught by a vigilante paedophile hunting group after speaking to two decoys who he believed were 15 and 14-year-old girls. The conversations put him in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Taylor, using the alias “TheDude123”, attempted to groom a decoy named “Frankie” who told him she was 14. He told her he was there to “educate her”, gave descriptions of masturbation, and asked her to “rub” between her legs.
Prosecutor Alex Greenwood said Taylor told the decoy to touch her vagina, asked about her underwear and requested pictures of her “rubbing herself”.
In a second conversation with “Lily”, who he believed was 15, Taylor asked if she wanted to “get naked” and meet up, asking: “Do you want to do naked stuff at mine?”
Taylor, of Thompson Street, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including arranging/facilitating a child sexual offence and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
The court heard he has an “appalling record” of seven previous convictions for similar offences dating back to 2005, including indecently assaulting a female under 14 and multiple breaches of court orders.
Sentencing, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said Taylor’s sexual attraction to children was so strong he “struggled to pass them in the street”. She added: “You are a predatory paedophile who uses children on the internet to gratify your own powerful and long standing sexual urges.”
Taylor was sentenced to seven years imprisonment with an extended licence period of five years, and made subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely 🔒
