REVEALED: Airbnb host, 23, who advertised Harry Potter-奮起させるd cupboard under the stairs to youngsters is a paedophile who was 刑務所，拘置所d for attacking children as young as 12

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An Airbnb host advertising a Harry Potter-奮起させるd cupboard under the stairs for 十代の少年少女s to stay in for £10 a night has been unmasked as a 罪人／有罪を宣告するd paedophile.

Yesterday it was 報告（する）／憶測d Thomas Watton, a former X Factor contestant, was 申し込む／申し出ing a cupboard in his home in Salford, Manchester for guests above the age of 12.

It can now be 明らかにする／漏らすd Watton, 23, who wrote the innocent advert, is a 罪人／有罪を宣告するd paedophile who is on the Sex 違反者／犯罪者's 登録（する）.?

The 'Facebook famous' reality show 拒絶する was 刑務所，拘置所d in 2013 after he pleaded 有罪の to using his 人気 to 脅迫してさせる children into having sex with him.

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Thomas Watton, 23, is on the Sex 違反者／犯罪者's 登録（する） and was 刑務所，拘置所d in 2013 after 存在 設立する 有罪の for 脅迫してさせるing boys as young as twelve into having sex with him?

Owner Thomas (権利), 23, 述べるd the accommodation at his home in Salford, Greater Manchester (left) as 'Harry Potter-奮起させるd' and said perfect for '単独の adventurers'?

A 法廷，裁判所 審理，公聴会 at the time heard how Watton used the thousands of social マスコミ 信奉者s he 伸び（る）d after appearing on ITV to 会合，会う and groom young boys.

Watton, who now 作品 as a waiter, was exposed after 乱暴／暴力を加えるd Grimsby 居住（者）s 接触するd MailOnline.

He had moved 115 miles away from his home town to the city of Salford where he advertised a room on Airbnb after 存在 解放（する）d from 刑務所，拘置所.

One woman, who wished to remain 無名の, said she hadn't seen his 直面する in years but was horrified to see he was trying to 誘惑する children into his home under the guise of 存在 fans of Harry Potter yesterday.

The mother told MailOnline: 'The thought of young 十代の少年少女s staying there turns my stomach, we all knew he had disappeared from Grimsby and no one had heard from him since.

'To find out he has now been trying to get 十代の少年少女s to stay at his house is sickening. This is worrying me sick.'?

'He was always different and was friends with my daughter when they were at school but to find this out is appalling.' ?

'Harry Potter-奮起させるd': The cupboard, with just enough space for one mattress, was 存在 rented out for £10 a night

One man, who wished to remain 無名の, said Thomas had tried to groom him while he was a child.

He said: 'I felt 絶対 sickened when I 設立する out he was letting out a room in his house. It felt like all the children he 強姦d were 存在 侵害する／違反するd, 特に the fact he could open a children-主題d place to stay, even 明言する／公表するing it's suitable for kids between 12-17 - the same age group as his 犠牲者s.'

And a social 労働者, who asked to remain 匿名の／不明の, said he was very 井戸／弁護士席 known after appearing on X Factor and had a fan club of people who would follow him around Grimsby.

?She said: 'I couldn't believe it when my daughter sent me a link to the story yesterday, I recognised his 直面する 即時に.'?

Watton appeared on the ITV programme in 2011 and with his quirky 外見 and outfits, quickly grew a legion on fans online.

But with his thousands of social マスコミ 信奉者s, he started to use his new-設立する fame to 接触する underage boys.??

He began 招待するing 十代の少年少女s 一連の会議、交渉／完成する to his house and 脅迫してさせるd them into having sex with him. Watton pleaded 有罪の to 多重の accounts of 刺激するing children into ha ving intercourse with him during a 法廷，裁判所 事例／患者 in 2013. ?

A former friend of his said when they first met Thomas had tried to get him to go home with him on a night out.

'I told bluntly no, I'm not 利益／興味d and I was straight and then he didn't bother me.?

'I 設立する the story after it was 株d and you think why on earth is a man trying to get people people as young as 12 to stay at his for just ten 続けざまに猛撃するs a night?'

Watton is now living in Salford under a new 身元 and a former friend said he wouldn't be welcome 支援する in Grimsby after news about his 有罪の判決s became public.

'i knew one of the 犠牲者s,' said one person, 'And it 廃虚d their life. There is no one he would be welcome 支援する in this town. I hadn't seen anything from him until this yesterday.'?

A 広報担当者 for Airbnb said they had 除去するd Watton as a host while they 調査／捜査する. ?

An 乱暴／暴力を加えるd mother, who wished to remain 無名の, said she was sickened to see the advert yesterday after recognising the man as a former friend of her 23-year-old daughter

Grimsby 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 heard how the 20-year-old became popular on social 網状組織ing 場所／位置s after his 外見 on the ITV reality show in 2011

Watton also goes by the 指名する Thomas Starkey and was 以前 known as Tomm ワット and Tom ワットs.

He was 宣告，判決d to five years in 刑務所，拘置所 after admitting a 目録 of 性の offences.

Grimsby 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 heard how the 20-year-old became popular on social 網状組織ing 場所／位置s after his 外見 on the ITV reality show in 2011.

A 法廷，裁判所 heard how the wannabe singer used his fame to commit 性の offences against eight boys who were 12, 13, 14 and 15 at the time.

Watton would 雑談（する） to them online before 招待するing them to his house where he would 示唆する engaging in sex ual activity.

He would also ask them to send naked photographs to him, which he 蓄える／店d on his computer.?

The 20-year-old 伸び（る）d thousands of 信奉者s on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype, after auditioning for the show in 2011.

Grimsby 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 heard how he used the 場所／位置s to 接触する eight boys who then became 犠牲者s of his 性の 感情を害する／違反するing between July 2011 and March 2013.?

The 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 also 含むs 解放する／自由な parking, wifi and 接近 to the 株d kitchen and bathroom 同様に as the main living and dining area?

Watton 認める 12 offences in all, 含むing four of 性の activity with a child, two of 所有するing indecent photographs of a child and six of 原因（となる）ing or 刺激するing a child to engage in 性の activity.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard how he sent a 13-year-old boy a text asking if he '手配中の，お尋ね者 to do stuff' with him while they were sat in his bedroom watching a film.

Then gloated to a friend afterwards about the 遭遇（する）, which later led to his 逮捕（する）.

He then 警告するd a 14-year-old not to tell anybody about what they had done.?

The 十代の少年少女 said he felt 'ゆすり，恐喝d' by 脅すing to re-地位，任命する 私的な 性の messages between them unless he engaged in 性の activity with him.?

During a 法廷，裁判所 事例／患者 it was 明らかにする／漏らすd he had two laptops and a 動きやすい phone which had 100 folders with boys' 指名するs, some 含む／封じ込めるing indecent images. ???

Simon Hirst, mitigating, said at the time the 被告 was in a hard place because of いじめ（る）ing and his sexuality.?

In his advert, 地位，任命するd to AirBnb, Thomas wrote: 'I 簡単に have a small space under the stairs where you can 残り／休憩（する） your 長，率いる for a very low price'?

He said he 設立する children around this age were more on his level.??

Yesterday it was 報告（する）／憶測d Watto n had advertised a cupboard on Airbnb.?

He said for £10 a night guests could have 接近 to other parts of the house and use the wifi for 解放する／自由な.

地位，任命するing to Airbnb's website, Thomas wrote:?'I 簡単に have a small space under the stairs where you can 残り／休憩（する） your 長，率いる for a very low price.

'You'll love my place because it's very cosy and there are plenty of modern 内部のs.

'My place is 広大な／多数の／重要な for 単独の adventurers and those who 簡単に need somewhere to stay.'

He 追加するd: 'Our Harry Potter 奮起させるd space for guests is 現実に under the stairs.

'Although it is small, it's over 9ft long and it painted and carpeted to make a cosy stay.'?

His house 支配するs 明言する／公表する there is no smoking, no pets, no parties and the space isn't suitable for under 12s?

Guests are also asked to take their shoes off as they come in and to keep things tidy and organised

In his house 支配するs 明言する／公表する he said it wasn't suitable for people under the age of 12 and he wouldn't 許す smoking.?

Thomas wrote: 'Both me and my flat mate work long hours so we tend to be away from home a lot.

'Although while at home I enjoy speaking with my guests and 株ing stories.'

令状ing himself in his bio, the host says he 作品 at a 'luxurious restaurant in the Spinningfields area of Manchester' and 述べるd himself as a 'general busy 団体／死体'.

He said: 'I live to keep active and eat out a lot, 調査する new places and 会合，会う new people.

'I live by the motto of I'm 有能な of anything as long as I believe I can do it.'

In a 声明 to MailOnline, Watton said: ''I moved into the 所有物／資産／財産 in April and have not had any guests stay through Airbnb.

'The cupboard was 地位，任命するd as a small joke in jest with my 現在の housemate the night before as we laughed at how clean and nice the space was under our stairs.

'The space was advertised for 単独の Adventures (1 Person) and as 声明 on Airbnb 条件 and 条件s:

'ーするために use the Airbnb 場所／位置 and services, you must be 18 years or older. It's against our 条件 of Service to create an account to travel or host unless you're at least 18 years old.

'Therefore, I would not be able to have anyone under the age of 18 staying at the 所有物／資産／財産 anyhow even if it was ーするつもりであるd so (which again would have been against my 予防 order). My settings also 含むd it was not suitable for families and children. There is an extra 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 for those under 12 too which was 含むd.

'In relation to my offences committed in 2012 when I was 18 years old, I spent a two and a half year 宣告，判決 incarcerated where I took as many courses as I could in orde r to understand and 妨げる その上の 感情を害する／違反するing.?

'As I was a 十代の少年少女 myself, I was 脅すd by the whole 法廷，裁判所 system and pleaded 有罪の to some offences that I didn’t commit in 法廷，裁判所 to 確実にする that I didn’t 影響する／感情 the 犠牲者s lives even more than I had already.?

'I live with the 悔いる of committing these offences everyday and the 犠牲者s never 逸脱する from my mind. Six years later, I have 試みる／企てるd to move on with my life as a young adult and find 雇用 and find new friends so that I do not spend my life 大（公）使館員d to the 利益 system feeling sorry for myself.'??