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INSANE: Paedophile hunter jailed for false imprisonment after man was humiliated and falsely accused of rape - The Real Truth

Sam Miller Prison Paedophile James Moss Newcastle Crown Court Police

A vigilante who was part of a paedophile hunting group has been jailed after a man was falsely accused of rape and humiliated online.

Sam Miller may be one of the first paedophile hunters in the country to be put behind bars. The 29-year-old was the "self-appointed leader" of the Child Online Safety Team (COST), in which members pose online as children to snare paedophiles.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how, during a sting operation in 2020, a man was recorded live on Facebook as he was forced to the ground and had a torch shone in his face.

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