Ex-marine, who ‘groomed’ 12-year-old for sex, is jailed

FORMER US marine Toby Studabaker, who had sex with a 12-year-old British girl after “grooming” her on the internet, was jailed for four-and-a-half years yesterday.

Studabaker, aged 33, from Michigan, pleaded guilty to child abduction and inciting a child to commit gross indecency at Manchester Crown Court in February.

Mr Justice Leveson sentenced him to four-and-a-half years in jail for each offence to run concurrently.