Online grooming: Strike Force Trawler undercover police expose a dark world

By Rachel Olding
Updated February 17 2017 - 12:24pm, first published 12:23pm
Canberra Boys Grammar school teacher Patrick Foley Wilson in a photo he posted to a young girl online. Photo: Supplied
Canberra Boys Grammar school teacher Patrick Foley Wilson in a photo he posted to a young girl online. Photo: Supplied
Messages sent from Patrick Wilson Foley to a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Photo: Supplied
Messages sent from Patrick Wilson Foley to a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Photo: Supplied
Detective Superintendent Linda Howlett and Detective Inspector Mick Haddow from the Sex Crimes Squad say online grooming offences are pervasive. Photo: Janie Barrett
Detective Superintendent Linda Howlett and Detective Inspector Mick Haddow from the Sex Crimes Squad say online grooming offences are pervasive. Photo: Janie Barrett

Former high school teacher and womens' basketball coach Patrick Foley Wilson's online conversation started innocently enough.

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