paedophile who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl to his home to have sex with him dodged jail today. Andrew Halliday exchanged more than 1000 messages on the WhatsApp application alone with his intended victim as he groomed her for more than six weeks - despite her repeatedly warning him of her age and discussing her days at school with him.
Halliday, 49, was unmasked after members of two vigilante groups swooped on his home in Maddiston, Falkirk, and it emerged the schoolgirl he had been messaging was in fact an adult decoy.
Falkirk Sheriff Court heard Halliday had responded to a profile set up on the Twoo dating application under the name "Molly" by one of the groups, Earth Angels.
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