August 2014 Railway worker jailed for wooing under-age girl on Facebook and having sex with her A heritage railway worker has been jailed after he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who he chatted up outside a supermarket and wooed through Facebook messages. Former Royal Navy sailor Christopher Wilson arranged to visit the girl’s home in Devon when he knew her mother was out and they had sex despite a nine year age difference. Wilson, aged 27, lost his job with the Dart Valley Steam Railway after admitting having sex with the girl and was working as a fork lift truck driver until he was jailed. He met the girl and knew her exact age because he kept in touch with her by her Facebook page which included her accurate date of birth, Exeter Crown Court was told. He seduced the teenager when his long-term partner was eight months pregnant but their relationship broke down when she found the Facebook messages which showed he had been seeing the girl. Wilson, of Kings Road, Paignton, admitted sexual activity with a child and was jailed for eight months by Judge Erik Salomonsen. The Judge told him:”You met the victim outside a supermarket and spoke with her again on Facebook and went on to have consensual intercourse. You knew exactly what you were doing. “You were a man of good character but I must have regard to the disparity in ages. She was vulnerable and you knew her age.” Mr Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said Wilson met the girl in 2010 when he was 24 and she was 15 but she did not reveal the offence for more than two years. Wilson met the girl as she waited outside a supermarket in South Devon while her mother was inside. He told her she was pretty and they exchanged Facebook details and started messaging each other. Mr Crabb said there had been one instance of consensual sex at her home after it was arranged over Facebook for him to visit when the girl’s mother was out. Mr David Evans, defending, said Wilson has already paid a very high price for his actions. His relationship with his partner has broken down and he has been denied contact with his son, now aged three. He has also lost his job at the Dart Valley railway, which he had taken up after being forced to give up his initial career with the Royal Navy through illness. June 2014 Ex Royal Navy sailor had sex with schoolgirl he met on Facebook A former Royal Navy sailor has admitted having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl who he met through Facebook. Christopher Wilson, aged 27, visited the girl at her flat in South Devon and they had consensual sex on one occasion, Exeter Crown Court was told. Wilson is a former Royal Navy serviceman who was forced to leave on medical grounds and now works in South Devon. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of having sex with the girl after a more serious allegation of rape was dropped. Wilson, of Kings Road, Paignton, admitted sexual activity with a child and his case was adjourned for pre sentence reports by Judge Erik Salomonsen. Mr David Evans, defending, said the girl was aged 15 at the time of the offence, which was between three and four years ago. He said Wilson admitted the offence on the basis he and the girl had consensual sex on one occasion at the flat where she lived and where he says he was invited on more than one occasion and when he was aged 24. He said:”He now works in the Dart Valley after leaving the Royal Navy as a result of being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease.” Mr Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said the complainant had been consulted about the dropping of the rape charges and was content for the case to be dealt with by the alternative charge. He said there were issues about how Wilson had known the girl’s address and there had been contact between the two on Facebook.