NORFOLK SEX OFFENDER CAUGHT BY PAEDOPHILE HUNTERS IS JAILED
A man has been jailed for three years after he was caught by paedophile hunters trying to meet up with young girls and rape them.Kevin Eagle had sent increasingly "aggressively sexual" messages to what he thought were children but were in fact adults using decoy accounts to catch sex offenders.
Norwich Crown Court heard the 56-year-old of Walpole Road, Great Yarmouth, had given false details about himself to the six people he contacted, who purported to be between 11 and 13.
He told one of them: "Meet me and I will rape you." Prosecutor Nicola May stated Eagle asked the people he contacted to send him "full body" pictures as well as images of them in their school uniforms, expressed love, and asked if they would be his girlfriend.
His messages became "increasingly demanding and aggressive" involving derogatory terms like "little slut" and including videos and images of his genitals.
The paedophile hunters orchestrated a situation where they met Eagle at Wensum Court in Baker Street, Gorleston, leading to his arrest after police were contacted.
Eagle appeared in court for sentencing after admitting six counts of attempted sexual communication with a child, three counts of attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity, and two offences of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
Judge Katharine Moore said Eagle had been "aggressively sexual" and "demanding" with his interactions.
Eagle was sentenced to three years in prison and was made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and is on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.
