A group of self-appointed online "paedophile hunters" has closed.
Letzgo Hunting, whose members are from the Hinckley area, announced that it was folding on Thursday night.
Hundreds of the group's followers urged it to reverse the decision.
The group attracted controversy for its tactic of identifying suspected sex offenders by posing as teenage girls on social networking sites.
Its adult decoys engaged men in conversation and, when they believed they had evidence the men were sexually attracted to children, agreed to meet them in public places while still posing as the teenage girl.
At the meeting, the decoys revealed their real identities.
They filmed the encounters and posted the footage online, before passing their material – including transcripts of online exchanges – to police.
Letzgo Hunting was linked this week with the suicide of a Leicestershire man it had confronted and accused of attempting to groom a child.
The man, who was arrested, interviewed and released on bail by police as a result, was found hanging in his home four days later.
A spokesman for the group had said the man's death would not cause a rethink of its tactics.
However, in a statement on its Facebook page, the group said: "Letzgo Hunting is done with.
"We always did what we could with the best intentions of children in mind.
"Sometimes we may have been a little over-passionate, but this is because we believe children should be protected.
"But now its over to you guys. We have shown you how easily these people groom children online. It's your turn to protect them now."
The statement said the group had "suspended all hunting activities with no view to continue them" as of 5pm on Thursday.
It did not give an explicit reason for its decision.
The group said one of its targets, a Nottingham man who was jailed yesterday for eight years for offences against a young girl, was proof its methods worked.
However, Nottinghamshire Police said only evidence gathered by its officers had been brought to court.
Detective Inspector Martin Hillier said: "We are seeing a worrying increase in those who think they can take the law into their own hands when it comes to internet grooming cases.
"Posting videos online of alleged offenders not only risks the safety of that person and their family but can also compromise any criminal proceedings and could even lead to the collapse of the case in court."
A Leicestershire force spokesman said: "Leicestershire Police continues to ask anyone with information about criminal activity to contact us or their local police service and not to carry out their own investigation.
"This enables us to gather evidence to meet the strict rules demanded by the courts.
"There is a danger that the activities of others could interfere with this."
A comment by a member on its Facebook page last night suggested it might begin 'hunting' again.
However, the group refused to speak to the Mercury.
