Snared by the paedophile hunters

An author who wrote an autobiography about heroin addiction was caught by paedophile hunters arranging to meet up with a 14-year-old girl, a court heard. Robin Marchesi, 70, denies attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to incite a girl between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity. Sudara Weerasena, prosecuting, told Westminster Magistrates’ Court: ‘A profile was set up by a paedophile hunter group by the name of Hannie and that profile communicated with…