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MITCHELL TAYLOR MESSAGED SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 07:40, 02 Jun 2025 A man has avoided an immediate prison sentence after he tried to meet who he thought was a

13-year-old girl for sex. Mitchell Taylor messaged several accounts of girls under the age of 16. He began speaking to 'Ellie' who he planned to meet at Stoke Railway Station on

May 28, 2021. But Taylor, who was 22 at the time, found that he had been duped by a paedophile hunter group. READ MORE: MIDLANDS AREA WHERE HOMEOWNERS SAW £45,000 WIPED FROM VALUE OF

PROPERTIES READ MORE: DAD WHO EXPERIENCED 'TERRIBLE BACK PAIN' DIED NINE DAYS AFTER GOING TO HOSPITAL Article continues below Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how he told a

13-year-old he 'liked young girls,' StokeonTrentLive reports. Taylor - who has 13 previous convictions for 27 offences - was later arrested while on bail for threatening a security

guard with a six-inch kitchen knife at a housing support premises. Prosecutor, Syed Ahmed, told the court: "Predator group STOP set up a fictitious social media profile posing as a

13-year-old girl called Ellie. "Mr Taylor contacted the account on March 20, 2021, with a message saying ‘Hey’. The conversation quickly turned sexual. The decoy informed Mr Taylor she

was 13. He replied saying he was 22. "He asked her if she would like to be his girlfriend. She said she didn’t know as she might get into trouble. "He asked to see ‘sexy pictures’

of her. She said she didn’t know what this meant and asked Mr Taylor what he would like her to do." Taylor then described the pictures she could send and offered to share intimate

images of himself with her. Mr Ahmed continued: "The girl said she didn’t know as she didn’t think her mum would be happy with it. Mr Taylor told the decoy that her mum didn’t need to

know. "The defendant arranged to meet with the girl at Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station on May 28, so she could come back to his house. He was instead met by paedophile hunters. "He

denied having sent any messages to the decoy and told the hunters that ‘Kieran had been sending the messages’.” Taylor was interrogated by detectives on May 28, 2021 and answered ‘no

comment’ to all questions. On December 17, he admitted he knew he was speaking to a child - but denied having any intention of sexual activity. Taylor, of Greenhead Street, Burslem, pleaded

guilty to a charge of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming on May 28, 2021. Matthew Ness, mitigating, said that while Taylor had an extensive criminal record, this was his

first sexual offence. He said the crimes were a result of his 'vulnerable' mental state. He said: “At the time of the offending he was in early 20s - but he had the sexual and

mental maturity of a teenager. "Mr Taylor’s psychiatric reports show he suffers from significant learning disabilities. "It is no coincidence that his offending completely stopped

in 2021, ever since he started working with the learning disability support services.” Taylor was given a two-year suspended sentence, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, 100 hours of

unpaid labour, and ordered to pay £500 in court costs. He was also ordered to complete a sex offender rehabilitation course. Article continues below Recorder Robert Smith said: “There was

penetrative activity intended. I wholly reject that you didn’t intend to have sex with the 13-year-old had she been real. "However, I do not believe you sit before me as an entrenched

sexual offender. I judge that your intellect and maturity is more akin to a young teenager rather than a man of 26. "You more easily relate to young people because of your learning

difficulties. But you must understand that it is a crime to act on these impulses."