Pervert deleted phone history due to 'embarrassing' calls to Babestation

A sex offender who has previously been caught in two paedophile hunter stings wiped his phone memory as he was 'embarrassed' by calls he had made to Babestation, a court has heard. Andrew Mayers is banned from deleting that sort of information from his phone but was caught doing exactly that after only just two weeks out of prison.

The 46-year-old had made arrangements to meet police at a Travelodge hotel in the Norris Green area of Liverpool, where he was living at the time. Prosecuting, Christopher Taylor, told Liverpool Crown Court that Mayers handed over his Samsung phone, but it was found to have no call history before 8am of that day.

He stated that this was because he had been using the device to ring "Babestation and gay chat lines" and had deleted the log as he was "embarrassed", the ECHO reports. Mayers was also found to have wiped his internet history, deleted a previously installed chat application and downloaded a VPN - which allows an anonymous online connection.

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Mayers has previously been given a sexual harm prevention order, requiring him to hand over any electronic devices to officers and banning him from deleting any of the device's history. In 2018 when he was imprisoned for 16 months after being caught in a paedophile hunter sting. He has faced further prison time since, including six months last year for having kept a secret smart phone hidden under a mattress during a police visit.

Philip Tully, defending, told the court that his client suffers from a "learning disability" as well as mental health issues and diabetes. He added: "It must have been apparent to him by handing the device over to the