A man who flew to Britain from Dubai to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he groomed online was relaxing in a hotel spa and wellness centre when he was arrested by police.

Hamdan Alshamsi, 21, a university student from Abu Dhabi, met the vulnerable schoolgirl on the social media site Snapchat and bombarded her with messages for months.

When she agreed to meet him, he flew to the UK and checked into a four-star seafront hotel in Brighton.

The paedophile then booked an Uber taxi to bring the girl to the hotel where he spent two days sexually assaulting her in his room.

Police who traced the victim to the hotel using her mobile phone, discovered Alshamsi enjoying spa treatments in the wellness centre.