November 2017 Pervert groomed young girl for sex A man in his forties posed as an adolescent boy with a fake Facebook account so that he could groom an underage girl for sex. A court heard how Lee Vincent Little, who was 46 at the time of the offence, had become obsessed with the young teenager while he was living in Perranporth. A court heard how he sent sexualised messages to the girl, who was aged under 16, and asked her to masturbate for him. The contact came to an end when she discovered his real age. Little, 48, now of Valleyfield Road, Streatham in South London, denied charges of inciting the girl to perform a sexual act and of grooming her for sex. He was found guilty by a jury after a trial and appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing. The court heard the offences dated took place in 2014 and 2015. Judge Robert Linford said Little had deliberately targeted the girl and said to him: “Your behaviour involved you texting her sexualised and inappropriate messages. You invented a false Facebook account, contacting her as an adolescent boy. “You were obsessed with that child. Some of the messages you sent to her tried to get her to masturbate herself. “What is quite clear is that, while your offending did not lead in any serious way to touching, the effects of your persistent behaviour have been profound.” He said Little’s actions and denial had affected all the witnesses by forcing them to give evidence at his trial. “This case is far, far more serious than I initially thought on reading the papers at the start of the trial,” Judge Linford said. “I saw and heard the witnesses give evidence and I make it equally clear, having seen them and heard them, I believe what they said and so did the jury. I believe precious little of what you said and neither did the jury.” He added: “The way you conducted your trial was a window into you and demonstrated a complete absence of remorse.” Judge Linford said he acknowledged there was no meaningful physical contact with the girl but added: “I believe, had this continued, at the forefront of your mind would have been penetrative activity.” Little was sentenced to three years in prison for the grooming charge and nine months in prison for incitement, to run concurrently. He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and listed on the Sex Offenders’ Register.