Firefighter 'had sex with girl, 13, in his car after meeting her at school open day'

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A firefighter had sex with a girl in his car, who he had met during a school open day, a court has heard.Scott Cameron, an officer of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, went on trial at Liverpool Crown Court today accused of a series of child sex offences, reports the Liverpool Echo.The 39-year-old is accused of telling the teenager that she was "gorgeous" before instructing her to send him naked pictures of herself and arranging a meeting with her in the woods.

The dad-of-two admits having engaged in sexual activity with the complainant but maintains that he believed she was aged over 16.The girl was 13 years of age when Cameron and a number of other fire officers attended an open day at her school in order to recruit new fire cadets and as part of an ongoing project, Steven Ball told a jury of six men and six women during the prosecution's opening on Tuesday.Ed Doinog, one of the defendant's colleagues, was said to have "made an impression" on the pupils to such an extent that the teen and her friend made him a handwritten card which they later dropped off at a fire station.

This letter "complimented him for the job he did" and asked a series of questions about his role, as well as containing the complainant's phone number and their ages.But Mr Ball described how "events took something of a sinister turn" around a month later, saying: "Somehow, say the prosecution, Scott Cameron had got hold of her number and, in his messages to her, he was pretending to be someone else."At first, she thought it was Ed Doinog.

They exchanged messages and she was complimented on looking 'gorgeous'. This attention made her feel special. But this was not a conventional or normal relationship, for obvious reasons, and there was nearly 25