Febuary 2011 Rock Ferry man admits three child sex offences Philip Loughran, 55, pleaded guilty to three charges of sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl. Appearing at Liverpool crown court in a wheelchair, bearded Loughran, of Corinthian Street, Rock Ferry, denied one charge of sexual assault on the same girl between April 9 and July 15, 2009, when she was only 12. But Loughran, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to the three further offences, between July 14, 2009, and April 11 last year. Kim Egerton, prosecuting, said the charges related to Loughran kissing the youngster, stroking her arm and leg and putting his hands inside her trousers.