The detective arranged to meet a 13-year-old for sex, but 'she' was actually an undercover officer.
The prosecution said Francois Olwage's messages "made it clear he believed he was in contact with a child"
He spoke to the girl for two weeks on a chat forum, but she was in fact an undercover police officer. The counter-terrorism officer was also found guilty of attempting to meet a girl under the age of 16 following grooming and of abusing his position as a police officer.with the "girl", who had the username Smile Bear, before suggesting they meet in what the undercover officer had said was her hometown of Basingstoke, Hampshire. He was arrested on the way after stopping at a McDonalds.
Defence barrister, Adrienne Knight, said that Olwage, who had served with the Met for nine years and with Hertfordshire Constabulary for seven years, had submitted a letter expressing his "sorrow for what he had done"."He wasn't looking for a 13-year-old but stumbled across it because of the way the police have encroached on these websites.
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