Farmer in Court over Alleged Grooming of Child Decoy

Farmer in court over alleged grooming of child decoy

A Tyrone farmer has appeared in court accused of attempting to groom a child decoy over a  year after an online paedophile hunter sting.

Attempted child sexual communication charge after online paedophile hunter sting

A man has appeared in court well over a year after an online paedophile hunter sting. Ian Stanley Boyd, from Lisbeg Road, Ballygawley was confronted on his farm by a group called Child Online Protection Enforcers (COPE). The 57-year-old is charged with attempting to communicate with a child, who was in fact a decoy, for sexual gratification. It is further alleged he attempted to intentionally incite a child to engage in a sexual activity. Boyd, …