'Predator' groomed girl on SnapChat then blamed her for sexual activity | The Oldham Times

A ‘predator’ from Tameside abused a girl he had groomed on SnapChat then tried to blame her for his own actions. Thomas Cooper added the girl on the app in December of last year, then later arranged to meet her and engaged in sexual activity with her on two separate occasions. Cooper, of Tame Street in Denton, was arrested in Ashton after the two incidents were discovered by the girl’s family. He tried to blame his victim and told officers he had been forced to engage in sexual activity. But police were able to obtain enough evidence to force the 24-year-old to admit two counts of meeting with a child following grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday (May 4), Cooper was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. He was also handed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life. Detective Constable Mike Allen, of GMP Tameside, said: “Cooper is clearly a predator preying on children for his own sexual pleasure. “Sexual offences often have a long-lasting impact on victims and GMP is committed to preventing this…
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