A paedophile who was caught by a police sting after arranging to meet a 14-year-old boy in St Albans has been jailed for six years.
Between October 20, 2022 and December 10, 2022, officers from the Child Online Safeguarding Team monitored Dalby chatting who he thought was a 14-year-old boy, whilst claiming to be a 30-year-old doctor working in the Sheffield area.As the conversations progressed, Dalby offered to meet the 'boy' offering him a health check. The chat then became sexual, with Dalby booking a hotel room in St Albans so they could spend the night together.
Dalby was remanded to prison and appeared at St Albans Crown Court on May 26, this year, where he pleaded guilty to all ten charges.
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