Man who had been grooming teens is confronted by paedophile hunters

A pervert has been jailed after he was snared by a vigilante group of paedophile hunters who caught his stunned reaction on camera when they confronted him.

Graham Ollis, 47, looks shocked as he is shown proof that he had been having sexually explicit conversations with a teen, who he believed was just 15.

The group - named The Guardians of the North - travelled 200 miles from Sunderland to challenge Ollis outside his property in Rugby, Warkwickshire.

The dramatic footage starts with a visibly shaken Ollis attempting to deny that he has engaged in explicit conversations with underage girls.

He recoils as one of the group's members says: 'Yes you have, we've got all of your screenshots here. We're going to be ringing the police.

'You've been disgusting to each and every one of them children. OK?'

When asked if he knew how old they were, Ollis, responded: 'They said they were 18.'

A member of the vigilante group replies: 'No they didn't. It's in the chat logs here. They both told you they were 14 and 15. Ok?'

He then calls on a colleague to ring the police at which point Ollis is shown that chat logs.

He is then asked: 'Have you been telling the girls that black men destroy white girls and that you're going to punish her?.'

'Do you want to read this? This is each and every thing you've said to these children.
'You're a paedophile, do you know that?
'Do you now understand why we've travelled up from Sunderland to come up and get you?
'You haven't been speaking to an actual girl. You've been speaking to us'.

After being confronted, Ollis went on to admit attempting to cause or incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage sexual activity at Warwick Crown Court on February 6.

He was handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years and was ordered to sign the sexual offences register for 10 years.

Ollis was also given a five-year sexual harm prevented order and told to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work.

The vigilante team of six go up and down the country to confront alleged paedophiles who have contacted their 'decoys'.

Since starting up in April 2016, the Guardians have carried out 70 stings.

Rob Hunter, one of the members of the group, said:
'This guy was pretty graphic. He was speaking to various girls - we have a few accounts.