A university computer expert wanted to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex and "naughty things", a court has heard. Steven Woltering told someone he believed to be a child that he had a "fantasy" of teaching a youngster about sex and said he would take condoms to their meeting. In fact the defendant was communicating with an adult operating a decoy account who subsequently passed details of their interaction to the police.
Swansea Crown Court heard when police arrested Woltering he told them his life was "ruined" but he now maintains he has memory issues about the offending. A probation report into the 52-year-old has concluded he poses a high risk of causing harm to children unless to engages with a sex offenders course.
The court heard Woltering had been communicating with a decoy account purporting to be 13-year-old gir girl on the Chat-Avenue application. During the conversations defendant asked the decoy if she was a virgin and whether she "touched" herself, told her he masturbated twice a day and she could watch him, and said he had a "fantasy" of teaching a youngster about sex. He also asked her where she lived. When the decoy said she lived near Liverpool he began to check travel times and distances to the city. He also asked whether the girl wanted to go for coffee and do "naughty things" before adding that he would take condoms. Woltering later told the girl his wife was away for two weeks and he could travel to see her.
