A pervert who arranged to meet who he thought was a 15-year-old girl in Plumstead has been found guilty of grooming after being caught in an online sting.

Jonathan Hunt, 51, was convicted after a trail at the Old Bailey of attempting to commit sexual activity with a female under the age of 16 following grooming.

Hunt, from Chorleywood in Hertfordshire, has been remanded in custody ahead of sentencing at the same court on March 27.

The court heard how Hunt engaged in online conversations with a girl in September last year.

Despite being told by the girl she was 15, Hunt continued the sexually explicit chats.

Hunt arranged to meet the girl at Plumstead train station on September 14.

On arrival, he discovered the girl was fictitious and he had been talking to an adult.

Police were called and Hunt was arrested, he was charged the following day.

Detective Constable Duncan Clark, of Greenwich CID, said: "Jonathan Hunt willingly engaged in sexually explicit chat and arranged to meet a girl he was told many times was aged 15.

"Throughout interview, Hunt refused to answer any questions put to him but the jury has seen through his attempts to cover his tracks and convicted him."