Pervert collapses in court as he's sentenced for plotting 'fun meets' with girls at Aldi

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A paedophile who plotted 'fun meets' with girls at an Aldi supermarket collapsed in the dock moments before he was due to learn his fate from a judge.

Shaun Moynihan engaged in the lewd discussions with what he believed were 13-year-old children in online chatrooms. However, he was actually speaking to undercover police officers, the ECHO reports.

Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Friday, that the dad began communicating with a PC posing as a 13-year-old girl on RandoChat on November 3 last year under the name "Anonymous Man 51" and using a photograph of himself as his profile picture.

Fiona McNeill, prosecuting, described how he gave his first name and said he was "looking for fun meets". READ MORE: Bus driver who died after suffering 'medical issues' prior to horror motorway crash READ MORE: Heartbroken mum pays emotional tribute to son with a 'beautiful soul' after sudden death Moynihan, of Clifford Road in Birkdale, "asked if she had big boobs" and stated he "wouldn't meet her until she was 16 or 18", but then "backtracked and said he would meet up as long as she looked older".