{"id":25668,"date":"2018-02-20T11:25:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25668"},"modified":"2018-02-20T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:25:37","slug":"man-jailed-asking-14-year-old-revealing-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/man-jailed-asking-14-year-old-revealing-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry man jailed for asking &#039;14-year-old&#039; for revealing images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A MAN has been jailed for 12 months for sending explicit messages and photos to a girl he believed to be 14.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon Britton, 50, from Barry, was arrested in December after police received a tip-off from a member of a \u201cpaedophile-hunting group&#8221; who had met Britton in an online chat room.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 18-year-old had used a profile picture of herself at a younger age. When Britton started a conversation she told him she was 14.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sam Shepherd, prosecuting, said Britton sent several messages to the teen, including \u201ca number of suggestive and explicit remarks, and things he wanted to do to her\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also asked for revealing photographs and sent explicit images of himself.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pair arranged to meet in Swansea on December 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but Britton did not show up. When the 50-year-old tried to arrange another meeting in a remote park, the teen contacted police.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Britton pleaded guilty to sharing the explicit messages and images and was sentenced in Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, February 19.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Evans, defending, said Britton he had not been in trouble with police or courts before and s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pending time in custody had been a \u201csobering experience\u201d for him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe realises that when someone says they are 14, he should stop that conversation. As soon as she gave her age he should have stopped any communication.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is something he deeply regrets and doesn\u2019t want to go through again, to the extent that he does not even want to go in chat rooms.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Britton had had problems with alcohol and drugs, including amphetamines, but has worked to overcome these addictions, he added.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe is not someone who simply buries his head in the sand. He looks to address his issues.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sentencing, Judge Eleri Rees told Britton his offence would have been more grave had a genuine child been in danger.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, the pre-sentence report was \u201cnot glowing in terms of the assessment of risk,\u201d and she handed Britton an immediate custodial sentence.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Britton will also be made to sign the sex offenders\u2019 register and be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for the next 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MAN has been jailed for 12 months for sending explicit messages and photos to a girl he believed to be 14. Simon Britton, 50, from Barry, was arrested in December after police received a tip-off from a member of a \u201cpaedophile-hunting group&#8221; who had met Britton in an online chat room. The 18-year-old had used a profile picture of herself at a younger age. When Britton started a conversation she told him she was 14. 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