UNITED KINGDOM
Boston News
Joanne Rowe, Reporter
A CHURCH youth leader who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for eight years.
Michael Higson began abusing his first victim when she was just 14 years old, persuading her to undress for him over a webcam and taking her to his work office in Bolton for sex.
Bolton Crown Court heard how 33-year-old Higson’s distorted thinking led him to believe he was in a relationship with the girl.
But when she ended the secret relationship after six years, he turned his attentions to a second 14-year-old girl.
Karen Brooks, prosecuting, told the court how Higson’s offending only came to light in February this year when the girl’s mother spotted a text message from him on her daughter’s phone reading “Night … I love you x.”
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