Man 'groomed' 12-year-old boy

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A "PREDATORY" paedophile who targeted a 12-year-old boy before fleeing to Prague has been jailed for seven years. James McGill, 52, of Queens Promenade, Bispham groomed the child for sex in 2005 but fled the country after he was arrested by police. The court heard how when detectives arrested him for contact with the boy they found he was wanted in Sussex for serious sexual offences against a 14-year-old boy. Officers later traced McGill to the Czech Republic, where he was arrested and extradited to the UK to face trial for charges of serious sexual assault and indecent assault on the victim in Sussex and a grooming charge for the boy in Fylde. Sentencing McGill, Judge Robert Brown said he had shown “serious and wilful predation”. He was caught in an operation led by Blackpool’s Awaken Project, set up between police and social services to keep track of sex offenders and youngsters at risk. Set up in 2003 following the disappearance of Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes, the scheme aims to combine information from numerous agencies in a bid to cut out child abuse. Det Sgt Neil Fowler said this was the first time the project had been forced to chase a suspect overseas. He added: “In our eyes he is a very dangerous and predatory child sex offender. “We are happy with the sentence because it shows that the judge has carefully considered what this man has done and how serious it is.”