Child Molester Coaxed Teen To Hotel Room

A Huddersfield man groomed a 14 year-old girl and made out with her in a hotel room after lying about his age.

Atif Siddique, 24, of Bulay Road, Thornton Lodge travelled down to Croydon for the illicit rendevous after telling the girl he was only four years older than her.

He denied, but was convicted of sexual assault, and was fined £185, with £400 costs and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge.

He will also have to sign the sex offenders register for five years.

However, Siddique, who is currently being held by the UK Border Agency, was allowed to serve one day in custody as an alternative.

He was convicted at Croydon Magistrates' Court (pictured) of sexually assaulting the girl on a date between May 5 and June 30, last year.

Denying he was telling the court “a pack of lies” Siddique insisted his intentions towards the girl were honourable and he intended to marry her when she turned eighteen years-old.

He told police after his arrest: “She told me she was fifteen years-old, but I was not confident about that.

“We kissed and cuddled in the hotel. It was a mutual thing.”

Siddique encouraged the victim to skip school and travelled down to Croydon on three previous occassions for dates, including a trip to the cinema.

After meeting him face-to-face the girl did not believe he was telling the truth about his age and Siddique confessed he was twenty-four years-old.

They had previously communicated online on Skype.

“I booked the hotel at her request,” he told the court. “If I knew kissing and cuddling was a crime I wouldn't have done it.”

They spent three hours in the hotel room and the victim told the court she and Sidique “french kissed and cuddled.”