A Pellon Paedophile child sex offender, Scott Jones, from West Yorkshire has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being apprehended by a paedophile hunter group for the second time.
In 2017, Scott Jones received a three-year community order and was mandated to participate in a sex offender program after confessing to engaging in online sexual conversations with two “decoy” females aged 14 and 11.
During the same hearing at Leeds Crown Court, Scott Jones was subjected to a five-year sexual harm prevention order and mandated to register as a sex offender with the police for the equivalent duration.
However, Bradford Crown Court was informed today (Tuesday) that within 24 hours of the protective orders lapsing, Scott Jones reengaged in sexualised internet communication with another 13-year-old “decoy.”
Scott Jones, 28, was informed of the girl’s age, yet he enquired whether she would engage in sexual intercourse with him.
Another member of the Secrets n Lies hunter group also posed as the 13-year-old’s younger sister and Scott Jones encouraged the older girl to touch her 11-year-old sister.
Prosecutor Laura McBride said another group, Yorkshire Predator Hunters UK, became involved, and they attended Scott Jones’s home.
The police were called after Scott Jones admitted talking to two “girls” aged 13 and 11 online and he was arrested.
When officers analysed a Samsung tablet device found at his address they recovered five Category A indecent images of children and 19 Category C indecent images.
Scott Jones, now of West View Terrace, Pellon, Halifax, pleaded guilty to charges of attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to incite or cause a child to engage in sexual activity and possession of indecent images of children.
Barrister Soheil Khan, for Scott Jones, said his client had been “disowned” by members of his family following his conviction in 2017 and had found himself in a spiral of depression.
Recorder David Gordon noted that the latest offending had started the day after the previous five-year orders had expired.
“I’m bound to say I do not consider it to be a coincidence that you waited precisely for the expiry of the sexual harm prevention order and your obligation to register as a sex offender to commit the present offences,” he told Scott Jones.
He said Scott Jones’ previous conviction was a serious aggravating factor and he had failed to respond to warnings in the past.
“You participated previously in the Horizon programme for sex offenders and clearly that has, in spite of appearances, not been of any benefit to you,” said Recorder Gordon.
The judge made a new indefinite sexual harm prevention order, which restricts Scott Jones’ internet use, and he will also have to register as a sex offender again for an indefinite period.
He told Scott Jones he would serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence.
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