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A teenage paedophile said to have told his victim that “age was just a number” before abusing him faces jail. Harvey Doughty was just 18 when he sent a series of explicit texts to a young boy in the lead up to him performing a sex act. The victim later told police he felt he had no choice but to give in to pressure and was left feeling “disgusting”. He also told Maidstone Crown Court that Doughty became “forceful” and ignored his plea to stop. It was alleged at trial by the prosecution that Doughty “took advantage” of his victim, who had initially “submitted rather than consented” to the sexua…

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