WILPSHIRE MAN JAILED FOR SOLICITING UNDERAGE GIRLS ONLINE
Neil Pickup, a 40-year-old man from Parsonage Road, Wilpshire, was sentenced to 12 months in jail after engaging in a sexual communication with what he believed were schoolgirls in a chat online.
He believed he was talking to two minors, 'Emily' and 'Elle', who were actually decoy accounts created by paedophile hunting groups.
Pickup exchanged messages with them from January 4, meeting one on a website, and quickly started communicating on WhatsApp.
Despite being told the profiles were of girls aged 12 and 13, he engaged in sexual conversations, asking if they knew about role play or sexting.
He also asked ‘Emily’ to send a picture of herself in her school uniform and urged ‘Elle’ to make 'sucking and moaning noises' during video chats.
On January 27, Pickup sent four videos of himself with an exposed penis, which were later confirmed as filmed in his home.
The judge described Pickup's actions as deliberately targeting schoolgirls for sexual gratification, even after being informed they were minors.
Pickup pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual conversation and making a child view sexual images.
He was also ordered to comply with sexual offence notification requirements and a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years.
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 Kingdom
- based on first and surname
72.0%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
62.0%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
81.9%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
Neil Pickup, a 40-year-old man from Parsonage Road, Wilpshire, was sentenced to 12 months in jail after engaging in a sexual communication with what he believed were schoolgirls in a chat online. He believed he was talking to two minors,...
Court order
10 years
He was also ordered to comply with sexual offence notification requirements and a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years
