Man stabbed himself in neck outdoors police station after paedo hunters confrontation
Stephen McLoughlin was rushed to hospital after he stabbed himself in the neck directly outside Kirkby Police Station in Merseyside – he was later found guilty of child sexual offences
He stabbed himself in the neck(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A man who knifed himself in the neck in a police station car park has been convicted of child sexual offences. Stephen McLoughlin was rushed to hospital after he stabbed himself directly outside Kirkby Police Station on St Chad’s Drive at around 5pm on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Nearly four years after the incident, which was filmed in disturbing footage and circulated online after paedophile hunters confronted him, McLoughlin appeared at Bolton Crown Court. He faced a six-day trial charged with attempting to meet girl under 16 following grooming, attempting to cause or engage a girl aged 13-15 in sexual activity, two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child and possession of a bladed article in a public place.
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He was convicted of all charges by a jury, reports the Liverpool Echo. The 59-year-old of Pitsmead Road, Kirkby, will be sentenced on April 2 at the same court.
At the time of the incident an extensive cordon was established outside the police station. The man was filmed stabbing himself as well as being shoved into bushes outside the station.
The ECHO reported at the time how his injuries were described by police as serious, with him being in a stable condition when he was taken from the scene.
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