US woman in Welsh court over alleged child sex offences Published duration 2 January 2017

An American woman alleged to have travelled thousands of miles to commit a child sex offence in north Wales has appeared in court.

Christine Lacson Abad, 27, of Cary, North Carolina, is charged with arranging a child sex offence, attempting to groom a 15-year-old in Wrexham and two more sex offences.

She was remanded at Flintshire Magistrates' Court on Monday.

Ms Abad will appear at Mold Crown Court in February.

Prosecutor Kevin Challinor told magistrates that it was a serious matter and that it was the prosecution case that she had travelled considerable distances to commit sexual offences upon a vulnerable child.

There was no application for bail.