A British pensioner has been jailed for 10 years after admitting grooming and sexually abusing a girl from St Helens, near Manchester.
Maurice McCulloch, 75, had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of causing or inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity; eight counts of sexual activity with a child; one count of attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child and one count of meeting a child following sexual grooming.
The offenses took place between October 2013 and the end of November 2014.
He was also made to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and has become subject of a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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