Met Police officer found guilty after trying to meet girl, 13, for sex

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A Metropolitan Police officer has been convicted after attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex while on duty. Detective Constable Francois Olwage has today (April 14) been found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of three child sex offences.

The jury was told how the 52-year-old, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, spoke to the 'girl' in an online chat room for two weeks before trying to meet her.

Olwage was unaware that he had in fact been speaking to an undercover police officer who had been calling themselves ‘Smile Bear’ and ‘Caitlin’.

He took the train to meet her last October while 'on duty working from home', the court heard. READ MORE: Everything Boris Johnson said as Met Police hands fines to PM and Chancellor The officer was later arrested at a McDonald's in Hampshire.