April 2016
‘Manipulative’ pervert who groomed girl, 13, on Snapchat
A PERVERT has been branded as “manipulative” by a judge after he groomed a 13-year-old girl on Snapchat – before having sex with her six times.
Christopher Lowde, 21, was first contacted by the girl in late 2013, but arranged to meet the youngster in a nightclub in Spring 2014, a court heard.
David Gordon, prosecuting, said at the end of the evening, Lowde asked the girl for sex and she agreed.
Lowde drove the girl to the coast village of Fraisthorpe, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire, and then had sex with her on the front passenger seat of the car.
Mr Gordon said: “The defendant took her home. She was concerned about being pregnant. No protection had been used.
“The defendant took fright and stopped contacting her for about three weeks until the pregnancy scare had gone.”
Lowde contacted the girl again through Snapchat and she agreed to meet him again.
He drove the girl to an industrial estate near Bridlington and had sex with her again in his car.
The girl told police she had sex with Lowde six times in total, including at Lowde’s parents’ home.
Mr Gordon said: “Looking back, she feels violated and realises he was just using her for sex.”