A trans-identified male in Wales who previously avoided prison for his part in a national child pornography ring has been busted by a local group of volunteers working to catch sexual predators. David Griffiths, 69, who dresses up in women’s clothing and calls himself Penny Price and alternatively Mabel Mint, was turned over to authorities by Innocent Voices Stings on January 4 in Connah’s Quay after members of their team had been sent pornography by Griffiths via a decoy which he believed was a 14 year-old girl.
Griffiths has previously avoided a prison term after he pleaded guilty to 11 counts of distributing indecent images, with another 108 similar offenses that were taken into “consideration.” In 2001, walked out of the Old Bailey courthouse smiling despite acknowledging his involvement in a child pornography ring wherein he sent indecent images and videos to other pedophiles he met through a pen-pal agency.
Griffiths and two other men were only handed community rehabilitation orders, even though one co-conspirator, Graeme McLeod, wrote in a letter after his arrest: “There has been a considerable amount of discussion recently about rehabilitation, even curing pedophiles. I do not believe this is possible. I am a pedophile.”
This is not the first trans-identified male who has been caught in a predator sting in recent months.
Just days ago, a trans-identified male from Ohio was caught in a sting in Indianapolis, USA, after attempting to meet with a child for sexual abuse. During the interview with predator hunters, Alice Blaze Clark admitted to being sexually attracted to infants.
In mid-2023, a trans-identified male who had been caught in multiple, unrelated predator stings was finally imprisoned at a Sussex court after admitting to having “uncontrollable sexual urges” towards children.
Danielle Edney, who also goes by the name Ariana Grande, had told a decoy posing as a 13-year-old to “pack an overnight bag and bring her school uniform and bikini.”