Harry Croft, 61, told the child he wanted to see her in 'her birthday suit' during a series of lewd online chats
A paedophile told a schoolgirl he would pretend to be her granddad after plotting a sex meeting at McDonald's.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that Croft began communicating with what he thought was a 12-year-old child on a chatroom in November last year.Carmel Wilde, prosecuting, described how the pervert asked to see pictures of her in a 'sexy nighty or her birthday suit,' the ECHO reports. Nevertheless, he arranged to meet her at the McDonald's branch in Newton-le-Willows and said that they would 'pretend to be granddad and granddaughter' if anyone became suspicious.
Croft was arrested on December 20 at the arranged meeting point. Under interview, he said he had been on a website for over 18s and it had been a 'fantasy, just playing along' - adding that he went to McDonald's to 'see if anyone turned up' and that they would 'have a laugh' if so.
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