Darren Gough - From Exeter St Davids to Bude to Meet a Child for Oral Se*...

4th May 2018 - Darren Gough - ***ARRESTED***

Name: Darren Gough
Age: 40s
Location: Bude
Action: Arrested
​Outcome: Pending further investigations

Darren Gough travelled from Bude to Exeter by bus to meet what he thought was a young child for se*. He spoke in a very graphic chat, and arranged to do sinister things.

Grooming what he believed to be a 14 year old female child (Decoy) Online. Sending sexually explicit messages and arranging to meet for sex. He traveled from Bude to Exeter to meet her. He wanted her to wear a skirt and no knickers so he could have sexual contact with her inside a McDonalds. He said he wanted to watch her urinate and record her as well. He promised gifts and money and asked the Decoy if she would give him oral sex.

One of the worst chat logs from a predator I've read to date; very calculated, manipulative and depraved. He constantly spoke of sex with what he believed to be a 14 year old child, multiple requests for the child to wear a skirt do that he could take her to the McDonald's toilets. The grooming was intense, calculated and manipulative right until the end with the offer of gifts and money to buy what he believed was a child's silence.

I just want to thank Safeguarding The Innocent for the outstanding logs, BFG from the UKDatabase and of course all of Justice For The Innocent.

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**CASE CLOSED DEBRIEFING**

Since speaking with the detectives it has been brought to our attention that the case was thrown out due to the decoy not handing in her phone to rule out 'agent provocateur'. The only way to rule out that aspect was to get a download of the device used to engage with Darren Gough. The decoy 'Lia Lioness' who has since been removed from her team, IGNORED multiple requests from the detectives in charge to hand in her device or the case would collapse...

The case then collapsed and the predator walked free... which considering the charges and the chat logs posted below, is sickening and shows she prioritised her phone over getting someone convicted and sentenced...