Mr Peter Tuffley guilty of abduction and "grooming" of 13 yr old boy

Mr Peter Tuffley (28), studied politics at Liverpool University and had worked as a Regional officer for the Labour Party for 13 months. He had stood for the Liverpool Council in 2003 for Croxteth unsuccessfully. Peter had worked as an aide of Police Minister Hazel Blears, running her constituency office between 2001 and 2004 before taking up his North West post. See previous post last Saturday,

On March 21st 2005 he was arrested for allegedly abducting a 13-year-old boy he met on the Internet, who spent the night at his ground floor flat in in Little Parkfield Road, near Lark Lane, Aigburth.

Peter Tuffley, was found guilty yesterday of abducting a 13-year-old boy from Bolton he had "groomed" on the internet. The jury cleared him of sexual activity with a child. He has already been placed upon the Sex Offenders' Register.

Tuffley was bailed until December 1 for sentence at Bolton Crown Court for which he faces up to ten years imprisonment. He may also be prosecuted on a further charge of possessing child pornography on his home computer.