13-year-old girl sexually groomed via Snapchat messages leading to four-year prison sentence for offender
Summary
A 30-year-old man from Derbyshire sent sexually explicit messages and images to a 13-year-old girl on Snapchat and requested to meet her for sex. The incident was revealed when the girl informed her mother about the messages, leading to a police report. Callum Palfreyman admitted to charges of causing/inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and engaging in sexual communication with a child on June 30. He was sentenced to three years and nine months for the first offence, nine months concurrently for the second, and an additional 10 months for an unrelated offence, totaling four years and seven months in prison. Detective staff investigator Bev Neville praised the victim for coming forward and highlighted Palfreyman’s predatory behavior.
Incident Details
Harms involving the exploitation, abuse, or endangerment of minors, including CSAM and grooming.
Online contact by adults seeking to build trust with minors for exploitation.
Child sexual abuse material — the creation, distribution, or possession of such content.
Who Was Affected
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