A paedophile told a girl he wanted to see her "in her birthday suit" and plotted a sordid sex meeting at McDonald's.
Harry Croft said he would pretend to be the supposed youngster's granddad if customers or staff became suspicious during a series of lewd online chats. But, unbeknown to him, he was actually talking to an undercover police officer.
Liverpool Crown Court heard that the 61-year-old 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".
