A delivery driver who told a 13-year-old girl "age doesn't matter" was confronted by a paedophile vigilante group as he went to meet her at a McDonald's in Leeds.
Ian Wadsley, 47, began speaking to Poppy - a decoy he believed to be a 13-year-old girl named Poppy - on May 15 last year. Wadsley messaged "Poppy" on Facebook before the conversation moved to WhatsApp and turned sexual. During conversations with "Poppy" Wadsley told her sex would be ok as long as they used "party hats" - his codename for condoms.
Prosecutor, Alisha Kaye told Leeds Crown Court on Tuesday that Wadsley repeatedly asked Poppy - who told him a number of times she was 13 - if she "wanted to meet up." Ms Kaye said: "She said she was reluctant to meet him initially as she didn't know him. He asked what she wanted, meaning from the conversation, and asked her to meet him again. She said she was only 13 and he said age didn't matter as long as they loved each other and were happy."
