A STOURPORT man who tried to facilitate sexual activity with a child was today (Monday) sentenced to 32 months at court and handed a lifetime sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).
Julian Davis, 62, was arrested on December 4 last year following an operation by officers from West Mercia Police’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team (OCSET).
Sickening items found in car
Officers who arrested Davis in Worcester found items in his vehicle such as cable ties, handcuffs, a whip, lubricant, amphetamine drugs, Viagra and baby wipes along with mobile phones. These were all seized and an investigation was carried out into the phone’s contents.
Davis was interviewed then charged on December 5 before being bailed on December 6 with conditions including not to contact directly or indirectly anyone under the age of 18.
Guilty of several sex offences
At Worcester Crown Court, he was found guilty of being an adult attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, possession of a controlled drug of Class B – amphetamine, arranging / facilitating commission of an offence of sexual activity with child, cause/incite child to engage in penetration.
Davis was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment, given a lifetime SHPO and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely. He was also ordered to pay £150 costs.
Det Con Richard Britton, fromWest Mercia’s OCSET, said: “We carried out this operation on December 4 targeting Davis following intelligence work he was attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child.
“What we found in his car was alarming and showed his sickening intentions. Fortunately, on this occasion we were able to stop an offender before they could abuse a child.
“We were glad to get charges brought against Davis and this prison sentence imposed today. Upon his release, he will remain subject to a lifetime sexual harm prevention order and will remain on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.”
Anyone wanting to report cases of online sexual abuse should click here.
Alternatively, visit the national police agency for tackling offenders who use the internet to groom and abuse children – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection website here.
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