Anthony Lonsdale was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to eight counts of grooming
Aged 20 at the time of the offences, Lonsdale had turned up dressed in a school uniform, having attempted to meet up with a teenage girl he had been messaging on social media at a school in Derbyshire. He had set up fake profiles on a number of different social media platforms including Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Following further investigation officers were able to identify two other girls from the Nottinghamshire area who Lonsdale had been contacting under different false names, including ‘Tony’, ‘Tia’, ‘Emily’ and ‘Sam’. Lonsdale would message from the different accounts, send indecent images, and request photos in return.
The sex offender also visited the Mansfield area dressed as a teenage girl to meet a 14-year-old girl in a park. He then convinced her and her mum to let him stay overnight as he had no money to get home. “Behaviour such as this is intolerable, and I would like to recognise the courage of the young girls who worked with us as part of our investigation. As a result, Lonsdale is now facing the consequences of his actions.
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