Yahoo News 'Predatory' paedophile, 21, jailed for attempting to meet girl aged nine for sex
A man labelled a ‘persistent, predatory and exploitative paedophile’ has been jailed after attempting to meet a young girl for sex in a hotel.
A court heard Scott Horsburgh was caught in a sting by an undercover policeman who posed as the girl's father on an online chatroom for children.
Posing as a 15-year-old, with the user name Boy For All Horsburgh, he told the undercover officer his sick abuse fantasies, adding: ‘I want her to call me big daddy or uncle’.
But when he arrived at a Somerset hotel thinking he was about to have sex with the child, Horsburgh was instead met by police and arrested.
Chloe Griggs, prosecuting, said he had started chatting to an undercover officer who was using a profile called Pre Teen Lover UK on April 9.
She said: ‘This defendant's profile stated that he was 15 years old and his user information said 'Girls and mums any age'.
‘Mr Horsburgh initiates the contact and writes 'Hey, do you f*** your daughter?'
The conversation continued the next day.
Ms Griggs said: ‘The defendant writes 'Can she wear short skirts or shorts for me? I want her to call me big daddy or uncle'.
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On April 17 the officer told Horsburgh that he was in room six of the Centurion Hotel Midsomer Norton with the imaginary girl.
"He writes, 'When I'm outside your door I will let you know and she can open it'," Ms Griggs said.
As Horsburgh approached the hotel reception, he was escorted away and arrested, she said.
Horsburgh, from from Radstock, Somerset, admitted two charges at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday, May 15.Register for life.
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These were arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and breaching a sexual harm prevention order, both of which were committed between April 9-17 2019.
Sentencing Horsburgh, Judge Horton said: ‘You're only now still 21 years of age and you have already shown overwhelmingly that you're a persistent, predatory and exploitative paedophile who uses social media as a weapon against children.’
Horsburgh was given a total of four years and three months in jail for the two crimes, ordered to pay a £170 surcharge and placed on the Sex Offenders'
