Warning after internet paedophile jailed
6th August 2009
Surrey Police have warned teenagers against speaking to strangers after a man abused a teenage boy, whom he met on the “BEBO” social networking website. The man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 , Section 73 introduces Schedule 15 which amends the offence (under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 of meeting a child following sexual grooming. Currently it is an offence if, following two earlier communications, an adult over 18 travels to meet a child under 16, with the intention of committing a sexual offence against that child. As a result of the amendment made by this Schedule an offence will be committed by an adult who has arranged a meeting with a child following two earlier communications, when the child travels to meet the offender. It also makes it an offence for an adult over 18 to arrange a meeting with a child under 16, following two earlier communications, if he intends to commit a sexual offence against that child during or after the meeting. Schedule 15 also amends the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and the Adoption Act 1976 as regards sexual offences and adoption.
See Surrey Police 6 August 2009 Internet Warning after online paedophile jailed
