A paedophile told who he thought was a 13-year-old girl he "wanted to marry her" and told her he was sexually attracted to her. When he found out he had been talking to a decoy, he claimed he was lonely following the death of his partner.
Pensioner Andrew Garnett, of Cardiff, began talking to a teenage girl called Athena in October last year after sending her a friend request on Facebook. He said: "Hi, I'm Andy from Cardiff in Wales, UK. How are you doing?"
The decoy messaged back and told the 65-year-old she was 13 years old and repeated her age in subsequent messages. But Garratt began attempting to sexually groom the decoy and told her she was "sexy, beautiful and gorgeous" and said he was sexually attracted to her.
