A 30-year-old African man and father of a 3-year-old son, who relocated to the United Kingdom (UK) a month ago has been arrested for sex chatting a minor, with the intent of having carnal knowledge of her.

The suspect, who migrated with a work visa and had secured a job as a chef, was busted at his workplace and paraded in his work clothes in a video, which has now gone viral.

Intervention Online Child Protection Team (OCPT) a child protection service live streamed the interrogation progress.

During interrogation, the suspect admitted that he met his victim on a dating site and was aware his victim was a minor but was only sex chatting her as a friend.

He denied his intention was to have carnal knowledge of his victim but admitted he sent photos of his private parts to his victim and could not defend his actions.

Chats also revealed he requested his victim send photos of her private parts, especially her breast to him, and had booked a meeting thr next day, where he explicitly told his victim he would have sex with her at his place, after dinner.

The UK police accused him of statutory rape and child abuse. Despite his pleas that he was sorry, he was handcuffed and whisked away for possible prosecution.