A man who was jailed after a group who trawl the internet catching paedophiles trapped him, has been sentenced for further child sex offences.
In November Mold Crown Court heard James Brennan, 46, sent an indecent photograph of himself over the internet to a person he believed was a girl of 15.
He engaged her in sex talk and asked her to send him some indecent images of herself.
However, the girl turned out to be a member of a group who patrol the internet to catch paedophiles.
Brennan, of Victoria Road in Prestatyn, admitted the offences and was jailed for 32-months, ordered to register with the police as a sex offender for life and made the subject of a ten-year sexual harm prevention order to curb his future activities.
Today he appeared at Mold Crown Court via a live television link from HMP Castington in Northumberland to face further child sex charges, for which he was given an extra three and a half years.
The court heard he had regular sex with a vulnerable school girl aged 15.
He admitted seven charges of sexual activity with a child including intercourse and one charge of attempting to perverting the course of justice after he wrote to a member of the girl’s family asking her to change her story.
Two other charges – one of sexual activity and a further charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice – which he denied, were allowed to remain on the file.
Judge Rhys Rowlands told Brennan the three and a half year sentence would be served consecutively to a 32-month sentence he received last November.
The judge told Brennan “You took advantage of her.
“She was vulnerable.
“There was a very large age difference. She was 15 and you were in your mid 40s.
“You were more than 30 years older than her.”
He said that Brennan would remain on the sex offender register indefinitely.
Matthew Dunford, prosecuting, said the defendant had regular sex with the schoolgirl over a three-month period
During police interview he admitted what he had done and said he was sorry.
Jonathan Austin, defending, said while in custody his client had participated in a sex offender programme.
see-http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/prestatyn-paedophile-james-brennan-jailed-11950967
No comments:
Post a Comment