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Hove man who travelled to Essex to meet 13-year-old-girl jailed for child sex offences 

Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:48

A man from Hove who travelled to Essex with the intention of committing sexual offences against a teenage girl has been jailed for three years. Martin Latimer, of Connaught Road, booked a hotel room and travelled to Pitsea on April 27, believing he was going to meet a 13-year-old girl he had been chatting to online. Police said he took with him a bag containing sex toys, chocolate and an unopened packed of girls’ underwear.  The 36-year-old was arrested at The Nazeing, Basildon, and later charged with three child sex offences. Latimer pleaded guilty to facilitating and arranging a child sex offence, causing a child to watch a sexual act and engaging a child in sexual chat, and was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment yesterday (Wednesday, 4). A month prior to his arrest, Latimer befriended who he believed to be a 13-year-old girl online.  Officers said over the course of five weeks, he engaged in sexual conversation with her and sent naked photographs and videos of himself performing sexual acts. PC Adam Colbear of the Police Online Investigation Team said:  "Latimer travelled to Essex with every intention of engaging in sexual activity with a child he believed to be just 13 years of age. "He researched, booked and paid for a bed and breakfast and embarked on a two-hour train journey to meet the girl he had been grooming for a number of weeks. "Latimer has shown no remorse for his actions. He will now be put on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life."

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