Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A man who attempted to sexually exploit a teenage girl through social media has been jailed.
Christopher Edwards, 37, sent a number of sexually explicit images and messages to a girl from Warrington. In one message, he said he had booked a hotel room and offered to pay her for sex.
Edwards was 'well aware' of the girls age at the time, police said. The victim reported the messages to Cheshire Constabulary, who later arrested Edwards after raiding his home in January.
Edwards was jailed for nine years at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, March 12, after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communications with a child, attempting to meet a girl under the
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