If you're not aware of who or what Dark Justice is, let me explain.
It's a group of vigilantes who snag paedophiles by posing as young girls and boys on the Internet. When the paedophile comes to meet up with the little child, they make a citizen's arrest and record the whole thing. It's genius, really.
By contacting the paedophiles via WhatsApp etc, they have screenshots which prove that the offender knows how old the 'child' they're talking to is.
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Their latest conquest was Jeremiah Mace. The 65-year-old from Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, believed he was meeting up with a 13-year-old girl. However, they later found out that he was also grooming a 15-year-old girl (a real one) at the same time.
The group confronted him in Newcastle City Centre after he had sent messages that said the following:
Jeremiah Mace: You on here darling
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Dark Justice (posing as girl): Yeah tlk on here
JM: Mmmm its easier on here
DJ: Yep so u really want to meet me
JM: I could get in trouble if I did u know that don't you
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DJ: How
JM: You are 13 under the legal age if anyone saw OS together
Later messages reveal that he was beginning to get more sexual:
JM: Going to be honest I want you
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DJ: Wat do u mean
JM: I want you every way possible lol
DJ: Now I'm confused lol
JM: Would you let me kiss you
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DJ: Idk wud u really want to kiss me?
JM: And feel you
According to the Daily Mail, Mace appeared at Newcastle Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to attempting to meet a child after grooming, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and making indecent photographs of a child.
During the trial, the court heard that the other chats with the 15-year-old girl had left a lasting impact on her. Apparently, Mace discussed taking the youngster's virginity and talked in 'extremely sexual terms'.
In a victim impact statement, she said: "At times I felt suicidal. I didn't want to think back to what happened. I wanted all of it to go away."
She added that she felt 'panicked and anxious' while out alone and needed counselling.
He was sentenced to 10 months in prison suspended for two years with rehabilitation requirements. The lenient sentence was apparently down to his 'ill health'.
Judge Adams told Mace: "An immediate sentence, although not impossible, would of course, in your circumstances be much more difficult than for someone who is able bodied.
"It would not deal with the ongoing risks you pose as a result if your sexual interests."
Upon hearing of the verdict, a spokesperson for Dark Justice said: "Where is the justice for his victim who is scared to walk the streets alone because of him? He has been given no real punishment for destroying her life. What happened today was not justice."
You can follow Dark Justice on Facebook here.
Words by Mel Ramsay
Featured image credit: Dark Justice
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