Bassetlaw man set for crown court on charge of online grooming a child
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A Bassetlaw man faces Crown Court for attempting to groom what he thought was a 13-year-old girl in an online chatroom.
Laurence De-Netto, aged 57, of Mulberry Crescent, Carlton-in-Lindrick, made no indication to the charge of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates’ Court.
It is alleged the offence took place on May 3, last year, on the Chatiw platform.
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Ben Payne, prosecuting, the offence falls outside of magistrates’ sentencing powers.
The case was adjourned to Nottingham Crown Court on August 29 for a pre-trial preparation hearing. De-Netto was bailed on condition he has no unsupervised contact with any child aged under 18.