David Brown was on his way to what he thought was the youngster’s grandmother’s house in Outwood, Wakefield, when he was intercepted. The 36-year-old began communicating online with the boy in January 2022 on the gay dating app, Surge. But the boy was a decoy profile run by the hunter group, looking to snare predators. He asked for the boy’s number so they could continue to communicate over WhatsApp. He sent photos of himself in the bath and said he wanted the boy in there with him, prosecutor... Read this story
