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This is the moment a cricketer who had been sexting underage schoolgirls was confronted by paedophile hunters as his shocked team mates looked on.
David Hymers was training on the field at Tynemouth Cricket Club when members of undercover organisation Guardians of the North arrived to challenge him about the messages.
His fellow cricketers were aghast as the 29-year-old was told by the head of the group: 'I need to speak to you about conversations you have been having online. The police are on their way.'
The disgraced sportsman was then filmed being arrested by two police officers who led him off the cricket ground.
David Hymers was training on the field at Tynemouth Cricket Club when members of undercover organisation Guardians of the North arrived to challenge him about the messages
He had been duped into thinking he was chatting to teens aged 13 and 14 over social media
Hymers, of Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle, later admitted two charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He had been duped into thinking he was chatting to teens aged 13 and 14 over social media.
But Newcastle Crown Court heard Guardians of the North, who set up fake internet accounts to expose online predators, were behind both of the fake profiles.
Prosecutor Andrew Espley told the court Hymers had started each online conversation with
