14 Jun, 2019 @ 11:26
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Young paedo groomed at least 10 children across Spain’s Alicante, Andalucia and Valencia and paid them for explicit images while posing as underage girl online

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A 21-YEAR-OLD paedophile has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly grooming at least 10 children online across southern Spain. 

The suspect is believed to have paid children under the age of 13 to send images of a sexual nature in exchange for cash, ranging from €200 to €500.

He gained the trust of his victims by posing as an underage girl himself, police said.

Once he had built up trust with a victim, he would ask them for sexual photos and videos.

Police said he also tried to arrange to meet the girls to try and have sexual relations with them, but that none of the meetings materialised.

Upon a search of his home, investigators found a smartphone which has so far identified 10 victims spread across Alicante, Valencia and Sevilla.

Police said there may be more victims.

The suspect has been released on the condition that he cannot approach any school or be involved in any activity involving minors.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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