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Last Updated: Thursday, 6 April 2006, 13:07 GMT 14:07 UK
Web paedophile caught by police
Lee Costi
Costi arranged to meet the girl at a train station
A sex offender who was caught through an anti-paedophile website has been warned by a judge he faces a lengthy jail sentence.

Lee Costi, 21, has appeared at Nottingham Crown Court where he admitted grooming schoolgirls for sex.

Costi, from Haslemere in Surrey, was caught when a Nottingham girl told her mother about his chatroom messages.

She contacted a police website known as the Virtual Global Taskforce who then tracked down his other victims.

The judge warned Costi he is facing a significant jail term after he pleaded guilty to charges.

Costi admitted meeting three girls, aged 13 and 14, following sexual grooming.

He also admitted three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of making indecent images and the possession of 41 indecent images of children.

The judge adjourned Costi's sentencing for psychiatric reports.


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