A perverted Atherton 70-year-old confesses to having sex conversations with an under-16

A Wigan borough pensioner has admitted to engaging in sexual conversations with a schoolgirl.

Jeffrey Harrison, 70, of Stanley Street in Atherton, appeared before Manchester magistrate to plead guilty to a single charge of lewd communications with a girl under the age of 16 in March and April last year.

Sentence will be handed down on July 1.

Harrison is on bail until then but must sign on the sex offenders' register.

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