A Canadian man who travelled to the United Kingdom with plans to sexually abuse children has been sentenced to eight years and eight months behind bars.

Police in Kent say officers arrested Glenn Schulz, 38, at Gatwick Airport shortly after he arrived in the country on May 21.

They say he had planned to meet two children in Kent to sexually abuse them.

Police say Schulz pleaded guilty to arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence at an earlier hearing and was sentenced Monday.