paedophile asked 13 year old to take pants off

Pensioner asked 13-year-old Derby 'girl' to take off pants

But 'Holly' was really an 

A Derbyshire pensioner befriended who he believed was a 13-year-old girl online and asked her to remove her underwear for him. Derby Crown Court heard how Brian Murphy also asked the teen if she had touched a male sexually before and told her he could meet her in Derby.

When she later told him she had been in trouble at school for wearing a skirt which was deemed too short, he asked her how short it was. But unbeknown to the 65-year-old, “Holly” was really an undercover police 

Handing him a two-year community order, Judge Shaun Smith KC said: “You were involved with what you thought was a 13-year-old child and that is a criminal offence. Everyone who has common sense knows 

“You are a man who, until now, has got to the age of 65 without getting into any trouble and now you have been caught for this. I have read your pre-sentence report and the probation service have deemed you as someone who presents a low risk of reoffending and they think with their help you can put all of this behind you and not commit any further ĺ

Abigail Joyce, prosecuting, said an undercover police officer posing as Holly began communicating with Murphy online in July 2021. She said the officer made it clear to the defendant that she was only 13 and that she lived in Derby.

The prosecutor said: “He asked her what she liked and what she looked like and [said] that he lived locally. He said he could be in town the following day and said he was concerned about being found out (as she was only 13).

“The defendant asked Holly what she was OK doing and asked if she would take her knickers off. He gave Holly his phone number and their conversation moved to WhatsApp where she said she had been in trouble at school as her skirt was too short and he asked her how short it was. He asked her if she had touched a boy sexually before and if she would get into a car with him.”

Miss Joyce said after being arrested, Murphy admitted he had been speaking online to a different 12-year-old child but could not recall any conversations he had with Holly.

She said: “He later admitted he did get sexual gratification from it but he denied having any sexual interest in children stating he ‘just enjoyed being wanted’.”