Ex-British wrestler organized to fulfill decoy posing as ’14-year-old woman’ earlier than arrest
The ex-Insane Championship Wrestling and Scottish Wrestling Alliance fighter planned to meet up with what he thought was a schoolgirl having asked her if she’d ever ‘done things with lads’
A former professional wrestler invited a schoolgirl to his house to meet him, but she turned out to be an undercover cop.
Steven Cavanagh, 39, had been engaging in sexual conversations with her online and invited her to his home in Glasgow’s Cardonald in July of 2023, a court heard.
Cavanagh, who used ring names Cav and Alex Cavanagh, was aware that the ‘girl’ was aged 14 and she had asked him if that was “cool” to which the ex-Insane Championship Wrestling and Scottish Wrestling Alliance fighter Cavanagh replied that it was.
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It was heard the pair first interacted on the social media application Chat Avenue when Cavanagh went on to ask the decoy if she had “done things with lads” and progressed the conversation sexually, reports STV news.
He has also asked the decoy if she would come for a “ride in my car” before the chats moved to email. It was heard Cavanagh attempted to meet with the decoy on July 12, 2023, but was told that she was not able to make it.
Prosecutor Ross Canning told Glasgow Sheriff Court: “Cavanagh brought it to sexual matters and asked what things she liked to do with boys.”
A further meeting was arranged for July 26 where Cavanagh was instead stopped by police at Partick train station and was arrested. He said: “I made a bad mistake, I am bang to rights, I did it, like I said it’s black and white.”
Cavanagh pled guilty on Friday (December 20) to attempting to communicate indecently and arranging to meet with a child.
The sentence was deferred pending background reports by Sheriff Daniel Kelly who put Cavanagh, now of Govan, on the sex offenders register and granted him bail meantime.
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