A mother by the Britain She took the situation in her hands when a pedophile attempted to trap her 8 -year -old daughter through an online game. Creating a fake profile in Snapchathe managed to fool him, collect evidence and eventually lead him to justice and prison.
The British mother was talking to him on Snapchat, representing her child. “For five days I was Nicky”, says to Sky News. The shocking affair was presented on Sky News’s The UK Tonight show and the names used are nicknames.
How did the mother ‘unravel’ him
8 -year -old Nicky was playing the online game Moviestarplanet when she received a message from someone who was 17 years old. At first it looked like a simple conversation but then things went away.
“He wrote to me I’m sexy. I didn’t know what the word meant, but it seemed strange to me and I went straight to my mom. “ said the girl.
The user – who turned out to be a man in his 30s – was persistently asking to talk to Snapchat, although her profile in the game said she was 8 years old.
The mother initially thought she was a teenager who “went beyond the limits”. They erased the game account and created a new one. However, 12 hours later she had found her again.
It was then that the mother decided to take the situation into her hands. So she created a snapchat account with her daughter’s name without uploading photos. Added the man. He immediately recognized the child and started the conversation.
“I became Nicky for five days”, says the mother under the nickname Sarah. “He started sending photos and videos. I knew I didn’t talk to a minor. And before I even see his face, it was clear. Eventually, he also sent a regular photo. He was an adult. “
“He was telling me raw what he wanted to do to my child, what he wanted to ask for. I could not let it do it – neither to her nor to any other child. I had to stop him ‘, he said.
The man, whose figures have not been released, was sentenced to 8 months in August 2023, almost three years after the first messages.
Snapchat’s representative replied: ‘The sexual exploitation of minors is abhorrent and illegal. In Snapchat there are additional adolescent protection measures, such as warnings for unknown contacts and immediate reference. Use is permitted from 13 years and over. There is also a parental control tool. “