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| Deputy mayor jailed for grooming | Deputy mayor jailed for grooming |
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| A former deputy mayor of Harrogate has been sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to groom a 13-year-old girl for sex. | A former deputy mayor of Harrogate has been sentenced to eight months in prison for attempting to groom a 13-year-old girl for sex. |
| Morris Lightfoot, 55, of Dryden Close, Bilton, Harrogate, was caught in a sting operation by an administrator on a social networking site. | Morris Lightfoot, 55, of Dryden Close, Bilton, Harrogate, was caught in a sting operation by an administrator on a social networking site. |
| The 55-year-old admitted three charges of asking the girl for sex, and was placed on the sex offenders register. | The 55-year-old admitted three charges of asking the girl for sex, and was placed on the sex offenders register. |
| The judge at York Crown Court also banned him from working with children. | |
| In an earlier hearing before city magistrates, the court heard that Lightfoot - who logged on under the name Moozzaa - had asked the girl if she wanted to lose her virginity to him even though she repeatedly made it clear she was only 13. | In an earlier hearing before city magistrates, the court heard that Lightfoot - who logged on under the name Moozzaa - had asked the girl if she wanted to lose her virginity to him even though she repeatedly made it clear she was only 13. |
| He had suggested a meeting with the girl in Harrogate and also sent her pictures of himself in a state of undress, though none were deemed indecent. | He had suggested a meeting with the girl in Harrogate and also sent her pictures of himself in a state of undress, though none were deemed indecent. |
| The "girl", who was in fact an administrator of the website, then alerted police. | The "girl", who was in fact an administrator of the website, then alerted police. |
| The Lib Dem councillor represented Bilton on Harrogate Borough Council and Bilton and Nidd Gorge on North Yorkshire County Council. | The Lib Dem councillor represented Bilton on Harrogate Borough Council and Bilton and Nidd Gorge on North Yorkshire County Council. |