'Dirty old man' Santa lookalike jailed for grooming girls in a bar

A "dirty old man" known as Father Christmas because of his white bushy beard and big belly has been jailed for 22 months in England for grooming two girls in a pub by attempting to bribe them to show him their "privates".

'Dirty old man' Santa lookalike jailed for grooming girls in a bar

A "dirty old man" known as Father Christmas because of his white bushy beard and big belly has been jailed for 22 months in England for grooming two girls in a pub by attempting to bribe them to show him their "privates".

Lawrence Lewis, of Springwood Avenue, Waterlooville, Hampshire, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court, having pleaded guilty to three charges of inciting a girl under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

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