27-year-old schoolteacher sexually groomed via Snapchat leading to three-year-and-six-month prison sentence
Summary
A 27-year-old schoolteacher in Birmingham sent explicit images of himself to three girls on Snapchat, including a 12-year-old and two 16-year-olds, while posing as a teenager. He admitted to one charge of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and three counts of sending explicit images. The incident occurred between January 2020 and January 2021, when he was arrested after police matched images of his home and face to messages sent to victims. He was sentenced to three years and six months in prison at Birmingham Crown Court on July 10, 2020. He was also placed under a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and required to register as a sex offender. One of the 16-year-old victims reported feeling depressed, suicidal, and distrustful of men as a result of the abuse.
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.
Sources
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