Man killed himself after Stinson Hunter 'paedophile trap'

A man snared by an internet "paedophile hunter" killed himself days after police had questioned him, an inquest has heard. Michael Parkes, 45, was confronted and filmed in May last year by Stinson Hunter, who had arranged to meet him after posing as a child online. Mr Parkes was later arrested by police but had not been charged. Northamptonshire Coroner Anne Pember recorded a verdict of suicide, with the cause of death as hanging. Mr Parkes was arrested by Northamptonshire Police on 29 May last year on suspicion of meeting someone he thought to be a 12-year-old girl for sex.

source: Article < Man killed himself after Stinson Hunter 'paedophile trap' >; www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26550987; BBC News; 12 March 2014