A ‘dangerous’ Beeston paedophile Michael Kinner who solicited girls on Facebook and attempted to arrange sexual encounters has been incarcerated.
Michael Kinner, residing on Broughton Street in Beeston, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Nottingham Crown Court today (February 23).
Since 2014, the 28-year-old has contacted five females, all aged between 12 and 15, via Facebook.
He invited several girls to gatherings at his residence and provided them with wine, fully aware of their ages while feigning to be 16.
Michael Kinner provided some of the girls with gifts and cigarettes and “outrightly asked them to meet him for sex”.
One girl, who was just 14, stayed at his house and was “subjected to sexual activity”.
Michael Kinner also tried to meet a further three girls for sex, knowing they were underage.
Officers from Nottinghamshire Police launched an investigation in 2015 and identified the five victims.
Michael Kinner was sentenced after pleading guilty to a series of offences.
They were: eight counts of child sexual offences; five counts of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming; one count of sexual activity with a child; and one count of meeting a child following sexual grooming.
Michael Kinner was also sentenced for one count of sexual assault on a vulnerable adult – which relates to an incident in Derbyshire.
In addition to his prison sentence, Michael Kinner was also made subject of a sexual harm prevention order and must sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.
Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Constable Paul Clark, of Nottinghamshire Police, said officers spent “a number of years” working on the case.
He said: “Michael Kinner is a dangerous individual with an extremely concerning sexual interest in children.
“We are pleased that we’ve been able to gather enough evidence to put him behind bars and on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life which will prevent him from harming any more children.
“We’d like to thank the local community for their assistance and praise the victims and their families for their bravery in working with us on this case.
“I would also like to give thanks to the Broxtowe South Neighbourhood Police Team whose diligent approach to the information being passed from the community helped expose Michael Kinner’s offending, and ultimately protect that community from an extremely dangerous individual.”
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