2 December 2004

STUTTGART – A man who ensnared a young girl through an internet chat room has admitted to sexually abusing her in a German car park.

The 24-year-old cabinetmaker admitted pretending to be a woman chatter and posting a “want” for a “bold little girl” willing to indulge in “heavy petting” to trick an “internet spy” into revealing a secret code for a cash reward.

A girl, aged 13 according to her chat room profile, met him in his car an hour later in the city of Stuttgart. The man denied the act he performed on the girl amounted to rape. A verdict was set for next Monday.

DPA

Subject: German news