Pervert who contacted police went on to make contact with ‘children’

SEX OFFENDER'S PHONE PROVED UNDOING AFTER ALLEGING CRIME

- By MARTIN NAYLOR

A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE sex offender inadvertently revealed his vile and illegal activities to police after reporting that someone was trying to blackmail him.

Nottingham Crown Court heard how Andrew Mayfield handed over his phone so the police could examine it for evidence of a crime against him.

But when it was analysed, it was found to contain multiple indecent images of children. Then, after being released on bail, the 50-year-old began exchanging explicit messages with a person he believed to be a teenage boy, but was actually a gang of so-called paedophile hunters.

Detective Sergeant Adam Taylor, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “For obvious reasons most of the people we deal with try very hard not to have any contact with the police. Mayfield is unusual in that he made the decision to call us claiming to be the victim of a crime.