WOOLHAMPTON MAN GETS SUSPENDED JAIL FOR CHILD SEX OFFENCES
Joshua Redding, a 24-year-old man from Bath Road, Woolhampton, has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term for child sex offences at Reading Crown Court.
The court heard that he previously admitted to making indecent photographs of a child, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual images, engaging in sexual communication with a child, and possessing extreme and prohibited images involving animals and serious injury content.
On 12 November 2020, he was found with prohibited images of children, and on 4 June 2021, he created indecent images, including Category A, B, and C images, as well as an extreme image of sexual activity with a dog.
Further crimes included possession of images portraying acts likely to cause serious injury, between June 2022, where he also engaged in sexual communication with a child misperceiving their age, and on 27 June 2022, causing a child to view indecent images of himself.
The sentence included 18 months in prison suspended for two years, 120 hours of unpaid work, victim compensation of £150, destruction of seized devices, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
A police officer emphasized the commitment to protecting children and investigating such crimes, highlighting that Redding cooperated with the court.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first and surname
57.2%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
51.0%
Surname region
UK
United States
63.4%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
Joshua Redding, a 24-year-old man from Bath Road, Woolhampton, has been sentenced to an 18-month suspended jail term for child sex offences at Reading Crown Court. The court heard that he previously admitted to making indecent photograph...
Suspended sentence
two years
The sentence included 18 months in prison suspended for two years, 120 hours of unpaid work, victim compensation of 150, destruction of seized devices, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order
Community order
18 months
The sentence included 18 months in prison suspended for two years, 120 hours of unpaid work, victim compensation of 150, destruction of seized devices, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order
Court order
18 months
The sentence included 18 months in prison suspended for two years, 120 hours of unpaid work, victim compensation of 150, destruction of seized devices, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order
Fine or payment
18 months
The sentence included 18 months in prison suspended for two years, 120 hours of unpaid work, victim compensation of 150, destruction of seized devices, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order
