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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Oliver Clay

'Deviant' paedophile told '11-year-old girl' they could meet at hotel

A “deviant” paedophile tried to groom an “11-year-old girl” online via a series of “graphic” suggestions and requests.

Louis Schon, 36, of Woodridge, Windmill Hill, Runcorn, was snared after a flurry of hundreds of messages exchanged with the supposed child on June 30, 2021, only to find out she was really an adult decoy.

Myles Wilson, prosecuting at Chester Crown Court sitting in magistrates’ court on Thursday, said Schon also sent naked pictures of himself to the “girl” and invited her to meet with him at a hotel as well as “repeatedly” asking if they could have “sex”.

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