Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox Paedophile hunters snared a man in Piccadilly Gardens after he planned to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.
David Barnes, 59, was 'humiliated' when he arrived, having expected to be met by the 'girl' he had groomed online. But the girl was actually an adult from a paedophile hunter group. READ MORE : Teacher arrested at school after he's caught with thousands of child abuse images spared jail At Piccadilly Gardens he was instead approached by a member of the 'Predators Exposed Sting Team'.
Police officers also attended and Barnes was arrested. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.
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