NORWICH MAN CONFRONTED BY PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS APPEARS IN COURT
He was confronted at his home by members of the group, with video footage of the encounter then posted online.Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told it was alleged he had begun messaging the online profile in February 2025 and had continued contacting it, despite being told the girl he was talking to was supposedly barely a teenager.
Bazely, of Drayton Road in Norwich, spoke only to confirm his name, age and address and did not enter pleas to attempting to incite a child into engaging in sexual activity and attempted sexual communication with a child.
He is next due to appear at Norwich Crown Court on February 24.
The charges include accusations that he exchanged messages with what he believed to be two separate young teenage girls between February 27 and March 11 last year.
He believed he was chatting with a 13-year-old girl, but it was actually a decoy account set up by adults to catch online child sex offenders.
The man exchanged sexualised messages with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Video footage shows he was confronted at his home by members of an online paedophile hunters group, with the footage posted online.
