(NCA NewsWire) An Afghan man who groomed a 14-year-old girl for sexual activity explained that, in his culture, an age gap was “the norm” and there was no minimum age for sexual activity.
Mustafa Naseri, 21, thought he was speaking with a teenager over the messaging app Kik in March and July last year.
However, the recipient of the messages was in reality an undercover police officer posing as a young person.
Naseri this week avoided jail, instead placed on a bond after he pleaded guilty to two grooming offences.
In the conversations with the girl, he asked her for a photograph and whether she had reached puberty.
