An Englishman pleaded guilty in an Alabama federal courtroom Wednesday to traveling from the United Kingdom to Huntsville to have sex with a child under 12 years old, prosecutors said.

Mark Anthony Bedwell, 53, of Lowestoft, England, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse in connection with the May 2013 incident, said Prim F. Escalona, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.

Bedwell travelled 10 years ago from the U.K. to Huntsville before engaging in a sex act with a child in Madison County, prosecutors said, citing court documents in the case.

He faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced.

In a related case, 37-year-old Huntsville resident Charles Dunnavant pleaded guilty on June 16, 2015 to the same offense before U.S. District Court Judge Madeleine H. Haikala, who also oversaw Bedwell’s case.

Dunnavant was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.

Anyone suspecting possible sexual exploitation of a child was asked to contact law enforcement.

The FBI’s Birmingham office can be notified at 205-326-6166.

Reports may also be filed online at www.cybertipline.org.