Man, 60, tried to meet woman in car park so he could 'sexually abuse her 10-year-old daughter'

Published date18 June 2021
Date18 June 2021
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
Maurice Clayton was arrested last year after travelling 30 miles to meet a woman he believed would allow him access to her young daughter, who he intended to sexually abuse.

Clayton, 60, met the woman through a pornographic website in September last year. He believed her to be the mother of a 10-year-old girl, when in fact, he was talking to Kent Police.

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The unwitting Clayton continued to speak to the woman through a separate social media site, and made repeated comments about his intentions to commit 'serious sexual offences' against the child. Within these conversations he also shared indecent images.

A month later Clayton travelled from his home in Biggin Hill, in South East London, to a car park in Strood, Kent, where he planned to meet the mother of the child. He was apprehended by Kent Police and arrested upon arrival.

Clayton was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Maidstone Crown Court this week. He...

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