Michael Shablinger, 36, spent months grooming the 13-year-old victim - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - after finding her on the video game platform Roblox.
A voucher for the Roblox video game (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Norwich Crown Court heard Shablinger, who had told the victim he was 21, met up with her in a park in Hethersett. He spent five hours with her, until she was tracked down by her mother.
Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest) Oliver Haswell, prosecuting, said the victim has refused to say what happened between them during the hours she was missing while at the park.
Hethersett village sign (Image: Newsquest) But a picture of the pair kissing was later found on a "secret" phone given to her by Shablinger.
Mr Haswell said the meeting at the park followed months of "grooming", which had started in May 2023 when she was just 12.
At 11am on June 16 2024 the victim told her mother she was "going to take the dog for a walk" with a friend.
But when she failed to return the parent got her son to look for his sister, while........