Hearts ace â??preyed on girl, 12â??

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HEARTS star Craig Thomson has been arrested and charged over claims he preyed on a girl of 12.

 

Thomson, 20, faces "historic" allegations of grooming behaviour on social networking sites.

 

It's been claimed he tried to lure the youngster into meeting up with him more than two years ago.

 

The girl, now aged 15 â?? who claims to have been targeted over a two year period â?? is understood to be from the Lothian area.

 

Cops have now reported the footballer to the Crown Office.

 

Last night a Lothian and Borders police spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with an historic offence.

 

"A report has been sent to the procurator fiscal."

 

Thomson, from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, has only recently returned to Scotland after a loan deal in Lithuania.

 

Last night the player was not available for comment.

 

And a spokesman for the Tynecastle side declined to comment.

 

Thomson had been playing for Jambos owner Vladimir Romanov's other club Kaunas on loan.

 

But with the Lithuanian team's season over Thomson returned to Scotland last month.

 

He has not been training with the rest of the squad as uncertainty hangs over his future in the game.

 

The right-back came through the youth system at Tynecastle and is contracted to Hearts until 2013.

 

A Crown Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that the procurator fiscal at Edinburgh received a report concerning a man aged 20, in relation to an alleged incident on 11 April 2009.

 

"The case remains under consideration."

 

Hearts were rocked this week by supremo Romanov's plans to pull -out from the cash-strapped club.

 

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