Article: He answered my lonely hearts ad ... then he abused my wee boy; Three single mums reveal how their families were snared by paedophiles who trawled through lonely hearts adverts looking for vulnerable victims.(Features)

Young mother Susan thought her prayers had been answered.

Widowed and desperately alone, she had sought love through the lonely hearts column of her local news-paper.

He seemed so nice, so charming ... and he quickly made friends with her five-year-old son.

The romance bloomed and led to a dream wedding.

WHAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WAS THAT HE WAS A SERIAL PAEDOPHILE ...

And that with patience and cunning, he had sifted his way through hundreds of lonely hearts adverts looking for vulnerable mums like her.

Susan, a member of ...

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