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1/1 A PAEDOPHILE caught with indecent images of children asked a 13-year-old girl if she liked older men, a court heard. Simon Matthew Virgo sent sexual messages to a ‘teenage girl’ called Mollie. The 37-year-old contacted her using an online messaging app called Kik. Prosecution barrister, Emily Lanham, said: “The “messages back and forward included references to implied sexual acts and whether or not she liked older men.” Simon Virgo covers his face outside Southampton Crown Court. However, Virgo, of Walker Gardens, Hedge End, was actually speaking to police officers. Following a raid on his home, officers seized two mobile phones and two Ipads. ....
By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter Pictured: Southampton Crown court A PAEDOPHILE sexually abused a young girl leaving her feeling sick and unable to trust adult men, a court heard. Thomas Murphy started sexually abusing a girl the Southampton area when she was just six-years-old. The 64-year-old told his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, that they would keep his crimes a “secret”. Prosecution barrister, Robert Brown, said that the girl eventually complained about Murphy to her mother who then contacted the NSPCC. She said that her abuser was nice when her mother was around but “horrible” when she was away. ....
1/1 A BANNED driver has been jailed for 16 months after leading police on a chase through Southampton in the middle of the night. Callum Hickman, who was at the wheel of a stolen car, went the wrong way around a city centre roundabout, ignored a red light and drove towards the pursuing police vehicle. Hickman, 22, carried on driving after the car suffered a shredded tyre that eventually came off, the court was told. Alejandra Tascon, prosecuting, said police were on patrol in Empress Road, Southampton, at 3.45am on March 12 when they noticed a Ford car containing three people was being driven erratically. ....