An Amesbury man who arranged to meet a young girl for sex has been jailed.
Kurt Anderssen was found guilty of three counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence at his trial at Winchester Crown Court.
The 58-year-old, of Edmond Way, was also convicted of encouraging or inciting the distribution of indecent images of a child and two counts of making an indecent image of a child.
The court heard how Anderssen engaged in conversation on social media in which he discussed paying to meet the seven-year-old daughter of the person he was communicating with – for sexual activity.
A meeting date was agreed but was cancelled by Anderssen who said the he was not sure if the arrangement was genuine.
The defendant was arrested by Wiltshire Police officers on Thursday 9 December 2021 at his home address.
Several electronic devices were seized and evidence was found of browsing terms for child sexual abuse material and downloaded files with child abuse titles.
The judge handed down a prison sentence of six years and eight months. He must sign the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
