A serial sex offender groomed a group of schoolchildren with vapes before exposing himself to the youngsters.
Thomas Beddow would answer the door naked to his victims and perform sex acts at his doorstep. The paedophile also sexually assaulted one young girl after subjecting her to a string of vile comments, leaving her asking "why a grown man would do this".
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Friday, that the 12-year-old and a group of boys would attend the 66-year-old's home on Springfield in Rainford in order to buy vapes from him. John Wyn Williams, prosecuting, described how Beddow used the restricted products as a "way of grooming the children" as they visited on a number of occasions.
