GEORGE APPLEGARTH CAUGHT IN MURTON TRYING TO MEET UNDERAGE BOY IN SUNDERLAND CAR PARK
In a disturbing case that has shocked the local community, retired council official George Applegarth was apprehended after attempting to meet a minor in Sunderland.
The incident unfolded in a car park located in Pennywell, Sunderland, where Applegarth, a 64-year-old man from Station Estate North, Murton, County Durham, was caught in the act by members of the vigilante group Guardians of the North, who had been monitoring his online activities.
Applegarth, who had been married for 42 years and is a father to three children with seven grandchildren, had engaged in a series of conversations on the gay networking site Grindr.
The court heard that he believed he was communicating with a 15-year-old boy named
