A Telford man was jailed for 18 months after a judge rejected his argument that he had no sexual interest in children after he was caught by an undercover police officer trying to make arrangements to have sex with a 10 year old girl.
Eddie Riley, aged 29, of Canal Side, in Trench, was told by a crown court judge that he had not been pushed into making comments nor had he been trying to shock when he was caught out when trying to make phone arrangements via a website on May 11, 2021.Prosecutor Dean Easthope said Riley, who is bisexual, had told the undercover officer that he wanted the"youngest available" child and to make a"double team" with his boyfriend.
"He said he had a six year old daughter who he had played with a few times and that he had 'had' girls as young as five and six," said the prosecutor. The court heard that he did not have a young daughter.He admitted the charge of arranging/facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child under 13 years of age in November 2023.
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