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Jarvis v. State, 269 Ga.App. 415, 604 S.E.2d 258 (September 1, 2004). “‘The rule allowing similar transaction evidence has been most liberally extended in the area of sexual offenses. [Cit.] Sexual molestation of young children, as well as teenagers, regardless of sex or type of act, is sufficient similarity to make the evidence admissible. [Cits.]’ Wilson v. State, 210 Ga.App. 705, 708(2) (436 S.E.2d 732) (1993).” Accord, Kendrick v. State , 269 Ga.App. 831, 605 S.E.2d 369 (September 13, 2004) (Sex with 11-year-old step-daughter was sufficiently similar to defendant placing his penis in 4- year-old granddaughter’s mouth and on her private area); Brown v. State , 275 Ga.App. 281, 620 S.E.2d 394 (July 28, 2005) (sexual assault of young men for whom defendant served as a father figure/mentor); Williams v. State , 284 Ga.App. 255, 643 S.E.2d 749 (February 21, 2007); Martin v. State , 294 Ga.App. 117, 668 S.E.2d 549 (October 20, 2008) (intercourse with 12-year old, 15-year old girls); Corbitt (November 9, 2009), above ; Stegall v. State , 308 Ga.App. 666, 708 S.E.2d 387 (March 23, 2011); Downer v. State , 310 Ga.App. 136, 712 S.E.2d 571 (June 17, 2011); Ewell v. State , 318 Ga.App. 812, 734 S.E.2d 792 (November 28, 2012); Mills v. State , 319 Ga.App. 131, 735 S.E.2d 134 (November 30, 2012); Royal v. State , 319 Ga.App. 466, 735 S.E.2d 793 (December 18, 2012); Roberson v. State , 327 Ga.App. 804, 761 S.E.2d 361 (July 1, 2014); Ragland v. State , 332 Ga.App. 510, 773 S.E.2d 772 (June 16, 2015); and cases collected under Williams (May 6, 2004), below . Kingsley v. State, 268 Ga.App. 729, 603 S.E.2d 78 (July 26, 2004). “The two acts of oral sodomy were sufficiently similar, the only difference being that the victim in the instant case was 11 years old and the similar transaction victim was an adult…. Here, the similarities between the present offense and similar transaction were numerous and obvious; therefore, the difference in the victims’ ages does not make the similar transaction inadmissible. [Cits.]” Accord, Payne (March 9, 2009), above; Gresham v. State , 303 Ga.App. 682, 695 S.E.2d 73 (April 13, 2010) (Defendant’s convictions for child molestation and statutory rape affirmed; similar transaction evidence involving 16-year old victim was properly admitted, though she was over the age of consent.); Stepho v. State , 312 Ga.App. 495, 718 S.E.2d 852 (November 10, 2011) (prior conviction for sexual battery by touching adult female’s breast properly admitted in prosecution for touching minor female’s breast); Wright v. State , 314 Ga.App. 353, 723 S.E.2d 737 (February 27, 2012) (defendant attempted to drag adult victim into woods; similar act when defendant was teenager, involving child victim, properly admitted as similar transaction). Helton v. State, 268 Ga.App. 430, 602 S.E.2d 198 (July 9, 2004). In defendant’s prosecution for sexual abuse of a minor, “[t]hat the prior acts involved adults does not preclude their admission as similar transactions; there is no ‘per se rule whereby evidence of a sexual offense involving an adult victim is always inadmissible in cases in which the sexual offense was perpetrated on a minor.’ [Cit.] Here, while the age of the sex abuse victim may have changed, Helton’s methodology apparently had not; ‘it was only the age of the victim which determined how the behavior was categorized,’ [cit.].” Williams v. State, 267 Ga.App. 283, 599 S.E.2d 256 (May 6, 2004). “Here, all the acts involved pre-teen or early teenaged girls. All of the girls named as victims in the indictment, with the exception of [the one] who reported the abuse, were children of women with whom Williams was involved.” These were similar enough. “‘ Particularly in the area of sexual offenses, the admissibility of similar transaction evidence is liberally construed .’ (Citation omitted.) Goodroe v. State, 238 Ga.App. 66, 68(2)(b) (518 S.E.2d 139) (1999). See also Hoffman v. State, 259 Ga.App. 131, 132(1) (576 S.E.2d 102) (2003).” Accord, Salter v. State , 238 Ga.App. 43, 517 S.E.2d 593 (May 11, 1999); Engle v. State , 290 Ga.App. 396, 659 S.E.2d 795 (March 21, 2008) (statutory rape, sexual battery against minors sufficiently similar) ( Engle overruled on other grounds, Watson v. State , 297 Ga. 718, 777 S.E.2d 677 (September 14, 2015)); cases collected under Jarvis (September 1, 2004), above. Mealor v. State, 266 Ga.App. 274, 596 S.E.2d 632 (February 10, 2004). Defendant, accused of molesting his daughter, sent her boyfriend a mock “Christmas gift,” a pair of panties with a sexual message written on the crotch. Although not directly related to the charges at issue, it “‘shows defendant’s lustful disposition toward the sexual activity with which he is charged or his bent of mind to engage in that activity,” quoting Simpson v. State , 271 Ga. 772, 774, 523 S.E.2d 320 (1999) in that it “showed Mealor’s bent of mind to act in a sexual manner towards his daughter,” who found and opened the gift. Accord, Mooney v. State , 266 Ga.App. 587, 597 S.E.2d 589 (March 25, 2004) (“The videotape did not simply show that Mooney had a general interest in sexual activity. It showed Mooney engaged in oral sex, and it showed him offering drugs to women in exchange for oral sex, as he had offered drugs to the victim.”). Perry v. State, 263 Ga.App. 670, 588 S.E.2d 838 (October 17, 2003). Conviction reversed; prior conviction for statutory rape should not have been admitted as similar transaction in defendant’s trial for rape where no evidence that prior event