A man from Amesbury has admitted asking a purported teenage girl to touch his ‘sausage’ – and could be facing a prison sentence.
Andrew Stevens was snared by paedophile hunters, who turned up at his address in Abbey Square on the evening of 11 June last year.
The 55-year-old engaged in conversation with the group as they live-streamed the encounter to Facebook while awaiting the arrival of the police.
“I was only having a bit of a laugh and a joke”, Stevens said – before confirming that he believed he was speaking to a 14-year-old girl sexually online.
He went on to say: “I thought she would like to have a bit of fun about things… we call get carried away saying things we shouldn’t say sometimes.”
According to court documents, the defendant had asked the purported child to go to his address and be in his bed, and touch his ‘sausage.
In the sexual conversation, he also asked to see the girl’s ‘little red cherries’.
At Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on 12 September, he pleaded guilty to attempting sexual communication with a child for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification.
A pre-sentence report was ordered and Stevens was released on unconditional bail until his sentencing hearing on 21 November.
