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Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

Sets up her own web sting after growing suspicious

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2009 8:26 PM CST | Updated Nov 12, 2009 8:45 PM CST
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(Newser) – A UK woman posed as a teenage girl online to entrap her 68-year-old husband in a pedophile arrest. Police say the wife, 61, became suspicious of her husband's constant use of the Internet, signed into a chatroom he used, and struck up a steamy conversation as a 14-year-old. After he filmed himself—unknowingly from the next room—and arranged to meet for sex, she called the cops, reports the London Times. Police found child porn on his computer, and a divorce is pending.

A UK woman set up her husband in an Internet sting.
A UK woman set up her husband in an Internet sting.   (Shutter Stock)
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thejoint00
Nov 15, 2009 8:45 AM CST
plstyle- I gather that saving the spotted owl is not a high priority on your list. and that stopping grown men from talking to underage teens is not high on your list either.- maybe it's not that big of a deal. but it leads to child molestation. and that is a huge deal to me and a lot of other people. I just think there needs to be more awareness about teaching underage teens how to equally avoid getting themselves involved in internet relationships.
RockyPneumonia
Nov 15, 2009 3:47 AM CST
Please, shonangreg, surely you don't expect Netstorm2k9 to base his conclusions on, y'know...fact? How could you be so cruel?
divetrader
Nov 14, 2009 12:52 PM CST
I'd say communication broke down between them long before she worried about him spending time on the internet.

 
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