grooming

Despite characterizations of premeditated grooming, Britt asserted that she felt safer with him than with any of the many men in her young life at whose hands she had, in Barney’s words, “suffered unspeakable violence.”

"I think it’s obvious he was grooming me, trying to pull me in," he said.

At the time, Tyson apologised for her "past actions", but said her behaviour never "extended beyond bad edgy jokes" and denied ever grooming anyone.

Snapchat made up nearly half of the cases where the platform used for the grooming was recorded by the police.

Using a fake persona, McCartney contacted her online, complimented her on her appearance, and began grooming her before she sent him an intimate photo.