Twisted personal trainer begged 'don’t ban her, in case she goes to the police' before being arrested at airport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA paedophile offered to train a young girl at a gym where he worked before grooming her and sexually assaulting her in his locked car.
Matthew Lawrence, 42, a personal trainer, befriended the 15-year-old victim by offering to help her with her diet and nutrition and training her, Greater Manchester Police said.
A court heard how he had previously admitted he preferred dating younger girls because of their 'innocence' and even bragged to other gym members about exchanging indecent images with her.
The manager of the gym became concerned that the victim was not over the age of 16, as per the gym’s membership requirements, and approached Lawrence advising him to terminate her membership to which he replied: "Don’t ban her, in case she goes to the police", court heard.
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