A CHILDREN'S football and PE coach from Chippenham who encouraged a 14 year-old girl to perform webcam sex acts on herself must wait to hear his fate, after being convicted of sex crimes.

A London court was told that Philip William Boore, 36, told the teenager to address him as 'Sir' and play the role of a naughty schoolgirl, submissive to his commands.

The qualified coach, who lives with his parents on Dover Street, Chippenham, had worked as a freelance sports coach in the town and is understood to have been associated with several different clubs

He was found guilty at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court on Thursday (feb 4) of three counts of inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity on or before August 5, 2014.

He was cleared of possessing two indecent photos of a child, namely two topless images of the girl. Boore, who had pleaded not guilty to all charges, was bailed to return to the court for sentencing on February 26.

Prosecutor Martin Hooper told the court the sexually-active Wimbledon teenager responded to Boore online when he listed one of his interests as fetish sexual activity.

He continued: "They got chatting and the defendant got her involved in various sexual activities. There's no doubt about this.

"The question is whether he reasonably believed she was 16 years of age or older.

"It is not in dispute she sent him two photographs of herself topless. They were not asked for and he opened them on his mobile phone."

They first chatted online for four hours and exchanged their names and phone numbers, with the girl lying to Boore and claiming to be 16, the jury were told.

"She said the second time they spoke he said he was into bondage and sadomasochism, which she thought was disgusting, but wanted to stay communicating with him,” Mr Hooper told the court.

"He said they would role-play with her as the naughty schoolgirl and him as the dominant.

"He is a sports coach and works in schools and knows ages, uniforms and exam times.

"He told her he was a teacher and that concerned her and she told her counsellor, who encouraged her to tell her mother and the police were contacted."

Boore was arrested and taken to Melksham Police Station by officers who also seized his computer, mobile phone and sex toys.

He told police he taught children aged five-11 and said: "I can't say that I did take her age. She said she was at school and that could be up to 18. I took her to be 16. I should have stopped, but I got over-excited."

Mr Hooper told the jury: "He agreed knowing she was still at school, but he thought she was 16.

"He said he let himself down and should have made some checks and said he was shocked to find out she was two years below sixteen."

Boore is a Football in the Community Coach, who has a Bsc in Sports & Exercise Science and holds coaching certificates for Football Level 2 and Cricket Level 2 and well as Level 1 certificates in hockey, rugby, badminton, tennis, emergency first aid, child protection and disabled football.