Former DUP councillor's 'child grooming' messages uncovered

The extent of the online "sexual grooming" messages a former DUP councillor sent to two "children" can be revealed.The 60-year-old avoided jail after posing as a younger man and asking the "girls" to send him photos in their school uniforms.He had actually contacted members of a so-called paedophile hunter group acting as decoys, a court heard.

The offences happened last year when Walker was still a councillor on Newry Mourne and Down District Council.Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, heard the 60-year-old contacted two 'teenage girls' posing as a 24-year-old man. He discussed teaching her how to kiss until she was the "best kisser ever", talked about having sex with her and taking her virginity, and asked if they could meet.

From the Northern Ireland Protocol to other thorny issues inside Stormont and exclusive interviews - we’ve got you covered.He also told her: "I will treat you like a princess," and in another message said: "If you were with me I'd treat you with gifts all the time."He said his "dad was in the army", adding: "People say it's a sexy accent."Around the same time, Walker made contact with a second decoy posing as a teenager called 'Daisy May.

'Daisy May' was asked by Walker to send pictures to him of her in her school uniform - and the contact continued until February 22 when he told her he would spoil her. During sentencing, Judge Geoffrey Miller KC said that while there was no actual contact between Walker and the 'girls', his claim that he had no sexual interest in children "has to be viewed with scepticism".

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