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Former Scots radio DJ used creepy dating profile to prey on Filipino children
12.03.2022 - 08:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A former Clyde FM presenter used a perverted dating profile to prey on vulnerable children in the Philippines.
Mark Page, who also worked at Scot FM, was branded 'the embodiment of depravity' by a judge as he was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Teesside Live reports.
The 63-year-old even haggled over the price of a sexual encounter with 12-year-old girl and a boy of 13, claiming that 3,000 pesos - roughly £44 - was too expensive.
Teesside Crown Court heard how Page went by the name of 'Pancho' on the Filipino dating site Find Your Filipino Beauty to try and meet young girls.
Page, of Snowdrop Close in Stockton, tried to claim that his accounts were hacked and that someone else must have used Skype and phone when the online chats occurred between 2016 and 2019.
But members of the jury saw through his lies and found him guilty of four out of the five charges he was accused of.
Now Page's profile on Find Your Filipino Beauty has been released by Cleveland Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The account shows a picture of him where he describes himself as someone who 'works hard and plays hard too'.
His profile reads: "I hope you are nice, cute, pretty and easy to talk to. Hope that can turn to dating etc. Want a real person please DO NOT contact me if you're going to tell me any of the following 'I have a problem' or 'I have a big problem.
"Not looking for someone who wants money for internet, WiFi, medical bills, laptop repairs, rent, long sad stories about broken mobiles needing money, money for your niece's birthday party or loan until payday."
The court heard that Page's crimes including sending graphic messages about sex acts he wanted school children to perform.
Cleveland Police has since celebrated his lengthy
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