Stephen Capon

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This record is based on the public reports listed below and was last checked on August 22, 2026. Court outcomes may later change through appeals, resentencing, corrections or updated reporting.

What happened

Stephen Capon, 50, from Dundee, was convicted in a case recorded by the court.

A paedophile from Dundee caught sending sexual messages to what he thought was an underage girl has been jailed.

The linked report from Thecourier records the case.

Repeat sex offender Stephen Capon was snared by a vigilante group who confronted him at his Dundee home.

The 49-year-old was caught sending vile WhatsApp messages and voice notes to a child, who was actually an adult from Scotland’s Child Protection Team.

Prosecutor Sarah High previously described how Capon initiated contact then continued to engage even after the profile told him her age.

Capon told the decoy he wanted to give her a love bite and his messages became increasingly lewd.

He said he wanted to have sex, before communication moved to voice notes.

Capon was livestreamed by the paedophile hunter group at his former home in Charleston and gave a no comment response to police who arrested him.

Reports were ordered after Capon admitted sexually communicating with what he thought was a young child between February 7 and March 30 this year.

Investigation and court case

According to Thecourier, Sheriff Alastair Carmichael said: “This involved sending the most sexual messages to someone you believed to be a 13-year-old girl, including offering to teach her how to have sex…”

Sentence and restrictions

Dundee Sheriff Court heard at Capon’s sentencing hearing how he has a previous sexual offence conviction from 2007 for which he received two years on probation.

Capon was placed on the sex offender’s register for 10 years after being sentenced to nine months in prison.