A Glenrothes man who was exposed by a paedophile hunter group has admitted sending sexual messages to a 13-year-old decoy.
George Fraser appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court yesterday where he pled guilty to having inappropriate conversations with a person he believed to be a teenage girl.
George Fraser is snared by the group outside a B&Q.The 30-year-old went on to send intimate pictures of himself and gave detailed descriptions of sexual acts he wanted to carry out on the fictional young girl.
The “teenager” was actually a member of the online hunter group The Innocence Keepers who set up a sting outside B&Q in Leven on October 14.
Depute fiscal Jade Doig told the court Fraser had initiated contact on a social media site called Nearby in July 2017 and was told she was only 13.
Miss Doig said: “The witness received a message from the accused’s profile asking to meet up and chat.
“The witness told him that she was 13-years-old but the accused continued to contact her. After around eight messages were sent, the accused began sending sexualised messages to the profile.
“In total, 860 messages were sent between the accused and the witness.”
Fraser sent further intimate pictures, as well as one of his face.
She added that the witness decided that the conversation had got to a point where the accused needed to be confronted and a sting was arranged by the group.
Fraser was met outside the DIY store where he believed he would be meeting an adult who wanted to buy car cleaning materials from him.
Instead, he was met by several members of The Innocence Keepers who challenged his behaviour before calling the police.
Fraser was arrested and the group handed over screenshots of the conversation to investigators.
Defence solicitor Megan Davidson told the court her client was now staying with his disabled parents due to the “publicity” surrounding his exposure.
She added that Fraser has no previous convictions and spent his time volunteering in a charity shop and helping his parents around the house.
Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist deferred sentence to allow for background reports to be carried out and placed Fraser on the sex offenders register.
He will appear for sentencing on October 8.
