Bungling paedophile hunters livestreamed the confrontation and arrest of an innocent man incorrectly accusing him of trying to groom children.

The group reportedly turned up at the home of 55-year-old man in West Lancashire, and recorded him as they accused him of child sex offences.

Despite the man claiming he was innocent they called the police and he was arrested and taken into custody earlier this month, Liverpool Echo reports.

The whole incident was filmed and posted to the group's thousands of followers on Facebook despite the man in the video having no previous convictions or being involved in any attempts to commit sex offences against kids.

In the footage, the wrongly accused man can be seen standing at the front door of his house as the hunters list offences they believe he is guilty of.

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They then tell him they have called the police before he nods his head and says "I'm happy to wait for them".

After telling them he isn't the person they're looking for, the man then asks them to leave his property and goes back into his home.

The video then runs for another 30 minutes while the hunters wait for the arrival of the police.

At the end of the video, the innocent man can be seen taken away in a police van.

A spokesman for Lancashire Police said on Tuesday that the man was released under investigation but they are now satisfied the incident was a case of mistaken identity.

Issuing a statement on their Ormskirk and Burscough Facebook page, Lancashire Police said: "Earlier this month we were made aware of a post by a group on Facebook accusing a man from Ormskirk of sexual offences.

"The man, 55, was arrested by police and later released under investigation.

"We have looked into the allegation and are satisfied it is a case of mistaken identity.

"We are confident the man originally named by this group was not involved in any attempts to groom children or commit sex offences and he has no previous convictions for such offences.

"He has been released no further action.

"The post, including video and images, has been removed by the administrator of the Facebook page involved."

Officers also warned paedophile hunters to get in touch with police instead of taking the law into their own hands.

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As a result of Lancashire Police's investigation into the incident, a Liverpool man was later arrested.

A spokesperson added: "Following further enquiries, a 44-year-old man from Liverpool has been arrested on suspicion of sexual offences in connection with the investigation and bailed to February 24."