WILLIAM JONES FROM BROMYARD TO BE SENTENCED FOR CHILD ONLINE GROOMING
A man from Bromyard, William Jones, 37, began chatting online with a decoy who was posing as an underage girl.
Jones asked her whether her breasts had grown, whether she had had sex, and told her to send a topless picture.
However, Jones was being tricked as the account was fake.
He will be sentenced at Hereford Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
Prosecutor Camila Toscano stated Jones did not reasonably believe the 'child' to be over 16 and said he was speaking to the decoy for sexual gratification.
He was caught on July 3, after a month of communication.
During court proceedings, Jones was represented by solicitor Chris Aggrey and was released on conditional bail, which requires him to report to police and avoid unsupervised contact with children until sentencing.
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
40.6%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
32.0%
Surname region
UK
United States
49.2%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Verified Conviction
Detected legal outcome
. However, Jones was being tricked as the account was fake. He will be sentenced at Hereford Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. Prosecutor Camila Toscano st...
