I hope the police can get to the bottom of it. Trying to work it out is beyond most of us here, unless there are any actual detectives. There are forensic linguists who work with the police to solve cases like this. It’s a very interesting subject and there are all sorts of ingenious techniques they can use to work out identities and the veracity of sources.
So do I. I hope they do extensive police work on this, exhaust all resources to find the truth. You do know that there are hunters out there who hunt and expose these crimes? Team Shades, S.T.S. Newcastle Hunters, STOP Stings, Predator Awareness and many, many, many more groups out there who use decoys. These decoys pretend to be young girls and boys and bait and wait. When someone starts chatting to them, they immediately say, they're, 12, 13, 14 or whatever and see what the person contacting them will do. The chat logs are similar to what we have all seen in this instance with Lloyd. These chat logs and the predator are handed over to the police. They do end up in a UK court, in a UK jail, even if they have not touched a child - the intent was there to do so. In England you can make a citizens arrest but you can't in Scotland. On the basis of this filthy chat you can end up in prison in the UK.
I personally love watching them get huckled because it is rather cathartic seeing the boys in blue take them to where they belong - jail.