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A serial paedophile who sexually abused and exploited young boys he met online has been jailed. Matthew Lockwood, from Chatham, instigated contact via the Kik and Grindr apps before offering cash and gifts as incentives for meeting up to indulge his deviant desires. Canterbury Crown Court heard the 47-year-old also shared explicit images of his victims, asked one for a picture in his school uniform, and offered the boys for sex to others he communicated with over the internet. Aware of his wrongdoing, he told one boy he “needed to be careful” when taking him to his flat so as to not alert neig…