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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Gemma Bradley

Paedophile said 'I'm guilty' after police stopped him meeting 14-year-old 'boy'

A paedophile admitted "I'm guilty' moments after police stopped him from meeting a '14-year-old boy'.

John Grunner, 44, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after being caught by police on the way to meet with what he thought was a 14 year-old boy. Nadine Nemat, prosecuting, detailed that on October 24, an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old boy engaged in an online conversation with Grunner, who was using the name “JUK”.

The officer told Grunner he was 14-years-old early in the conversation, and Grunner soon asked if he had “done gay stuff before”. He said he had “done stuff” with an older boy at a party, and Grunner responded “do you want to do more?”.

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