Facebook vigilante who outed 6,000 paedophiles is 'attacked by shamed offenders' (and he's set to name 8,000 more)

This man claims he is not a vigilante, but notice, he is taking the law into his own hands, and even violating the rights of many. The court records are secretly accessed and not available to the public, so where does he get the right to do this?

Is similar vigilantism the next step here in the U.S.?

5-5-2010 United Kingdom:

Paedophiles named and shamed on a vigilante website have attacked its creator in the street, it was claimed today.

Chris Wittwer, who put the names and photos of 6,000 convicted sex offenders on Facebook, says he has been attacked three times near his home in Exeter by people he has put on the site.

He also claims he has received threats to his life and is now constantly concerned for his safety after launching his internet campaign.

‘Three people have attacked me in the last few months directly as a result of names I have put on there,’ he said.

‘They are on the sex offenders register and live in Exeter.’

Mr Wittwer, 34, says he includes people who have been charged on the list but not yet convicted for an offence.

But he said that he did not want to wrongly put anyone on the list. He said he compiles the list, which includes photographs and where the offenders live, from press releases, court records and the sex offenders register.

He then cross-references the name of a sex criminal against the national sex accessing the sex offenders register and court records which are not available to members of the public.

He would not reveal how but said he had secret sources and has another 8,000 names to go on the site.

‘I get lots of names and find out which court they were at,’ he said.

He set-up the page two-and-a-half years ago and has attracted 18,000 followersfrom all over the country.

He spends three or four hours a day doing it and is currently setting up a dedicated website.

Mr Wittwer claimed the government does not do enough to inform people about sex offenders living in the community.

‘I don't condone any violence,’ he said. ‘I am not a vigilante.

‘People can see who is in their area and keep their children away from them. There is more justice served by what I am doing than any court or jail can ever do.

‘What I am doing is a serious deterrent for people who have done it, are thinking of doing it or re-offending. ..Source.. Daily Mail Reporter