Brother of Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt avoids jail term for trying to meet 'girl' for sex
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Edward Mordaunt, 44, appeared at Leeds Crown Court and admitted attempting to engage a child in sexual communication.
Mordaunt, a chartered surveyor of Beeston, was given six months in prison suspended for two years and must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
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Hide AdHe arranged in May via the Kik app to meet someone who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. But in fact he was messaging a police decoy. The judge said: ‘As a result of the job performed by your sibling, who is a member of Parliament, it is said the way the CPS has approached your case is somewhat different to that of other offenders. I don’t believe that has merit.’