Stephen Short

 (born 1957 or 1958) is a convicted sex offender.

In 2015, he was snared by Dark Justice after grooming and arranging to meet what he thought was a 13-year-old girl. As a result of his actions, Short was sentenced to 16 months in prison, made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and was placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years. Short was sentenced by Recorder Bernard Gateshill QC, and a man named Nick Adlington prosecuted during the trial.