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Man pleads guilty to sexually grooming boy

A man has appeared in Jersey’s Magistrate’s Court accused of trying to meet a 14-year-old boy after apparently ‘grooming’ him online.
by Bailiwick Express News Team April 16, 2018December 21, 2024

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44-year-old Paul Richard Heptinstall yesterday admitted to attempting to meet the boy on the 20 March 2018.

Magistrate Bridget Shaw has remanded Heptinstall in custody until his sentencing on 1 May 2018. 

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