Marcus Nicholson-North insists that he was only trying to help.
The 27-year-old man first made contact with the 15-year-old boy via Facebook. The teen, whose name has not been released, said he was confused about his sexual orientation. He thought he might be bisexual, but he wasn’t sure, and he wanted someone to talk to about it, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports.
At first, Nicholson-North offered the kid some basic advice. Over time, however, the tone of the e-mails became what prosecuting attorney Catherine Silverton called “a tad weird” in a Leeds Crown Court earlier this week.
First, Nicholson-North suggested the boy should try having a romantic relationship with another boy at school. Later, he suggested the kid skip class to meet him at his place, where he said they would have complete privacy to, you know, talk and stuff. Oh, and maybe watch some gay porn together.
The teenager was made uneasy by the suggestion and ignored the messages.
Nicholson-North admitted to “sexual grooming” by attempting to meet the boy he met online. As a result, he’s been ordered to attend a three-year counseling program and register as a sex offender for the next five years.
Judge Christopher Batty decided against imposing an 18-month prison sentence, telling Nicholson-North, “I take the view the public is better protected not by locking you up for a short period but by you addressing your issues.”
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SportGuy
Still should have locked him up but at least he has to register as a sex offender and everyone will know.
Billy Budd
Here in Brazil the age of consent is 14.
adventuretime
@Billy Budd: yeah. age of consent laws are weird. i see those debates coming up in the United States in the next couple decades (especially since they vary from state to state).
Still. the law is law. I’m sure he knew the law, and I’m sure he knew he was breaking it.
enlightenone
@Billy Budd: “Consent” does not mean psychologically mature, though this young man had some sense, as well as TRUSTED HIS gut. Rare for most people, especially guys who are thinking with their dick. That said, that photo should have been foil enough!!!
NJjoe
@SportGuy:
Agreed 100%!
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@enlightenone This is Queerty. there is no reason to believe the photo has anything to do with this “story”!
Tackle
@Billy Budd: Yes @Billy Budd: this is like the 100th time you told us this. We get it. You like em young. But this is not Brazil…
TinoTurner
@Tackle: Jesus christ! Can we vote him off? Nominate him for the creepiest poster? I hate this guy…
Stache99
@Tackle: Be careful. Billy Budd will start into the history of young boys and older men. How natural it all is citing the Greeks and Romans. Never mind that the boys were basically slaves.
SportGuy
It is totally gross and disgusting when some guy starts talking about age of consent and uses that as a reason to ok his sick obsession of having sex with kids.
Tackle
@TinoTurner: @Stache99: Hey guys I hear you.@SportGuy: Indeed it is…
Merv
I think I saw him in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Captain Obvious
I remember a kid on Youtube who met some creeper like this and every pedophile who found his videos was cheering him on and talking about how amazing they are. The silly kid wanted Obama to pardon the guy and let him out of prison… he even got married to him or something.
Years later when the guy became an adult he pops back up with a name change, divorce, and begging for money on a Kickstarter campaign(didn’t go through).
The internet is a wild place, and pedophiles seem to have a lot of easy prey with young inexperienced gay teens.
That kid had even forced his family to go along with it because he was threatening to leave and never contact them again. Could you imagine your child telling you to accept a grown man being his husband when he’s being sent to prison for having underage pictures of him on his computer?
Self-centered, entitled, and inane.
Saint Law
Oh a thread about some sad paedo trying to entrap a teen.
Has Billy Budd dropped by to tell us all how the age of consent in Brazil is 14 yet?
Merv
@Captain Obvious: Maybe I’m missing something, but the example you picked isn’t a very compelling argument against adults having sex with teens. Couldn’t you have picked one of the many examples where there was clear harm done to the teen? I vaguely recall a recent one where the teen committed suicide.