37-year-old Robert Catlin of Crossway in Bembridge admitted attempting to meet a 14-year-old child following grooming and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child when he appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday).
The court heard how the 14-year-old girl, ‘Fay’, was in fact an adult paedophile hunter who reported Catlin to Police when he failed to show at a sting in Portsmouth.
The offences are said to have taken place in June 2017, with a further offence of possessing 3 photographs portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal dated between 2009 and 2017.
Defending the accused, Barry Arnett requested a pre-sentence report to be created expressing that 37-year-old Catlin is a vulnerable person.
Magistrates adjourned the case to the Isle of Wight Crown Court where Catlin will be sentenced on 21st December.
