By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 13:32 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 13:32 BST, 11 April 2019
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George Raymond, 47, was grooming what he believed was a child called 'Lou18' but was actually contacting vigilantes from Guardians of the North
This is the dramatic moment a group of paedophile hunters snared a middle-aged man trying to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.
George Raymond, 47, was grooming what he believed was a child called 'Lou18' but was actually contacting vigilantes from Guardians of the North who ambushed him in an Asda car park.
And although he never met the fake 'girl', his intentions are laid bare in a string of sickening messages where he suggests 'naughty stuff'.
But despite admitting attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming on April 10 last year, Raymond, from Murton, County Durham, has been spared jail.
In their early online exchanges only a day before the supposed meet-up, 'Lou18' made clear that 'she' was only 14 years old.
This did not deter the then 46-year-old, who quickly brought the subject round to sex and arranging a meeting with 'her'.
But instead of being greeted by 'Lou18', Raymond was confronted by members of paedophile-hunting group Guardians of the
