A British Army medic has been locked up after he asked what he thought was a 12-year-old girl to be his 'sugar baby' and offered her hundreds of pounds to take her virginity. Private Peter Harries believed he was messaging a child called Chloe while using the app Kik, but he was actually talking to two undercover police officers, a military court heard.
The 28-year-old married father was told the girl was 12 years old and from the UK before he offered to pay her £5 for naked pictures, £10 for a naked video and up to £100 for sex. But when 'Chloe' asked whether it mattered that she had not had sex before, he said he would pay her £300 as it was her first time, the military court was told.
Pte Harries, of 1 Medical Regiment, was arrested and upon investigation indecent images - including one Category A, the highest category - were found on his computer in his living quarters in Tidworth, Wiltshire. The medic, who has served in the army for almost four years, pleaded guilty to three charges of attempting to incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and one count of making indecent images.
