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Social networking blamed after girl is abused by two perverts

6:40am Thursday 13th June 2013 in News By Neil Hunter

A JUDGE warned of the dangers posed by the internet after a vulnerable schoolgirl was groomed and abused by two paedophiles who she met separately on a social media website.

The victim was so traumatised after being repeatedly raped by a 31-year-old man that she willingly submitted when another pervert approached her via the internet.

The two men are behind bars today but the disturbing case has once again called into question the use of social networking sites for grooming children.

Judge John Walford said the case - involving a married man, a carer and the teenage victim - illustrated the dangers of the internet, as calls grew for greater restrictions.

The paedophiles used the chatroom Badoo to contact the child, whose parents only became aware of what was going on when an indecent image was found on her mobile phone.

One of the men used two different false names to cover his tracks, but police eventually traced 31-year-old shop worker Gary Dickinson to his home in Middlesbrough.

It emerged that he had raped the youngster five times after repeatedly refusing to take notice of her online pleas that nothing sexual should happen between them.

Dickinson is said to have "corrupted" the girl so much that she willingly became involved with another older man, James Walker, and had intimate meetings with him.

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Social networking blamed after girl is abused by two perverts