Pedo hunters lure man to ‘date with 12-year-old girl’, passer-by kicks...

Track down a pedophile, lure it to a public place and carry out a ‘civilian arrest’ without violence. That is what the pedo hunters of Madeguys from Tilburg say to do. Jori is one of them. He founded Madeguys with three friends. They also call themselves pedohunters Tilburg. They think the legal system is failing. Pedophiles too easily walk around freely or freely in the Netherlands, they say.

“We received information from someone from Breda about this man”, Jori explains the action of the pedo hunters on Wednesday. “He is said to have been convicted and abused there for pedophile behavior. Now he would do this in Tilburg. We have proof and everything. Screenshots of conversations with a 14-year-old girl where he talks about sex and sends her pictures of himself with his genitals in his hand. ”

Public place
Jori and his friends reached out to the man, pretended to be a 12-year-old girl, and hooked up with him. They did this in a parking lot at the Westermarkt shopping center in Tilburg. “Deliberately in such a public place. With cameras and everything. Our intention is to catch such a person without violence. If we wanted to hit someone out there, we wouldn’t meet there. ”

Confront the man and then hold it until the police arrive That was the plan. But when a bystander asked why they were holding him to the ground, something snapped at the man, according to Jori. “He started to cry and said he had been sexually assaulted himself. That’s why he kicked him in the head. ”

The pedo hunters would have pointed out to the man who kicked it that they do not want to use violence. The police have arrested the bystander. The man Jori and his friends see as a pedophile has not been arrested.

‘Playing for own judge’
The police confirm the story about the arrest and the explanation of the pedo hunters. “We strongly advise against this,” said a spokesperson. “They quickly play in court. You notice that now. Even if it’s a bystander who did it. There is simply a good chance that a criminal offense will be committed. ”

According to the spokesman, for the time being it will only remain with the arrest for the assault. “I am really, really disappointed,” says Jori. He and his friends therefore went to the police station to report it. They gave the evidence and material they gathered to agents. “They are going to look at it,” he says. “At that time he did not commit a criminal offense and therefore he was not arrested.”

Jori and his friends aren’t the only ones chasing pedophiles. There are more and more groups that want to expose them. Five pedo hunters and their target were arrested in Arnhem on Saturday. Witch hunts arose in Groesbeek and Zwolle as a result of films that were posted of confrontations.