Raymond Matthews

Raymond Peter Matthews (born June 1962) is a bricklayer and a convicted sex offender.

Circa 2016, he was snared by Guardians of the North after grooming and arranging to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl called Jessica. Matthews was later bailed.

While on bail, he tried to make contact with what was another profile of a girl aged under 16. In actual fact, this was another decoy profile that had also set up by Guardians of the North. Police were informed, and Matthews' bail was revoked.

As a result of his actions, Matthews was jailed for 6 months, made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and was placed on the sex offenders' register. Matthews was sentenced by Judge Christopher Prince, and a woman called Jane Waugh prosecuted during the trial.