Watch moment paedophile vigilantes confront perv who thought he was meeting 11-year-old for sex while his fiance was on HEN DO
Instead of being greeted by his would-be victim he was met by vigilante detectives
A PAEDOPHILE who had brought condoms with him ready to have sex with an 11-year-old girl while his fiancée was on a hen do was instead met by vigilante investigators.
Mark McKenna was snared by the hunters after arranging to meet up with the child, after he had spent a month grooming her.
The 38-year-old planned to meet her at a shopping centre in the middle of the day while his partner was away, but was greeted by three investigators.
He was later arrested by police and admitted his plan to sexually abuse the 11-year-old.
He will be sentenced next month.
Footage taken by the group who call themselves The Hunted One shows him being confronted as he realises his would-be victim does not exist.
The clip captures McKenna, who says he has a child, wearing large sunglasses and a red polo shirt as he waits for the teenager in the car park of Bluewater Shopping Centre.
He confirms who he is before unexpectedly telling the men “I was expecting you”, and confessing he had been trying to meet the child.
The men show McKenna pictures of the messages he had been exchanging with the girl, and pictures he had sent her.
They ask him if he thinks what has done is acceptable and he shakes his head.
After admitting he sent the teenager “quite a few” explicit pictures – 20 in total – and a video of him masturbating, he tells the men he thinks things with his fiancée will be alright if he “can keep it quiet”.
The vigilantes reply: “No we can’t keep it quiet. This is going to go all over social media.”
McKenna, of Northfleet, Kent, replies: “Alright, well, I’d rather it not.”
One of the men says: “You would rather it not because it was an 11-year-old child you thought you was chatting to.
“Unfortunately for you, you was chatting to me.”
Before McKenna is reminded the police are on their way he asks: “OK, well can we do it somewhere quieter?”
One of the men tells McKenna his case is “the worst one I have ever come across”.
He adds: “Even when you were at work you were sending us pictures of you in your uniform with your c*** out. Do you know what it actually does to a child of that age?”
McKenna replies: “It mentally disturbs them.”
“So why did you do it then?” the man asks.
McKenna says: “I don’t know,” prompting one of the vigilante inspectors to retort: “There’s a good reason why you’ve done it. It’s cos you’re a nonce mate.”
Disturbing snippets of McKenna’s conversation with the child are also read aloud in the video.
One message apparently read: “You do know that I’m 38 and you have to be my daughter for the day.
“We can’t be boyfriend and girlfriend.”
Another text sent by McKenna said: “Have you ever kissed or touched a willy?”
A second video shows him being confronted by police officers, who lead him away.
McKenna was charged after the sting on August 6 and initially denied any wrongdoing but, at a hearing at Maidstone crown court on Monday, he confessed.
He pleaded guilty to one count of initiating, arranging or facilitating an act with the intention of engaging in a sexual activity with a child.
He will be sentenced next month.
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