Lostock Hall paedophile jailed for 10 months

A man who had sexual conversation on the web with people he thought were young girls has been jailed for 10 months.
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William Payne, 56, of Mayfield Avenue, Lostock Hall, Preston, admitted two counts of intentionally attempting to communicate with a child during an appearance before Preston’s Sessions House Court.

He asked one child if she ‘liked men’ and made sexual comments to another.

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He also admitted intentionally attempting to cause a child aged 13 to look at an image of him engaging in a sexual activity, three counts of making indecent images of a child, possessing three prohibited images, and possessing an extreme image involving a dog.

Judge Graham Knowles QC imposed a 10 year sexual harm prevention order, and ordered him to sign the Sex Offender’s Register for 10 years.