Brockworth man given 22 month suspended sentence for engaging 14 year old girl into sexual activity
21 year old Kane Pearson has been put on the Sex Offenders Register after pleading guilty
Last updated 11th Mar 2025
A man from Brockworth who admitted engaging a 14 year old girl in sexual activity's been handed a 22 month prison sentence, suspended for 2 years.
Kane Pearson, 21, pleaded guilty to the contact in August and September 2023.
He's also been ordered to do 200 hours community work, been given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years, put on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years, issued with a 5 year restraining order and will have to pay the victim £4,760 in compensation.
Gloucestershire Police say:
Pearson had initially befriended the victim on Instagram in August 2023 after she mistook him for somebody she knew.
He then began communicating with the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, before he encouraged her to send sexually explicit photographs of herself. He also sent her an sexually explicit image of himself.
The victim became concerned about what Pearson would do with the photographs he had of her; however, Pearson began insisting that she was now his girlfriend and began to pressure her into meeting.
The conversations were discovered after the victim’s friend confided in her own mother, who told the victim’s mother about the exchanges.
During court proceedings a statement from the victim's mother was read out:
"As parents our world was turned upside down when we discovered what had been happening to our daughter. We have always thought that we had enough safety measures in place to prevent this type of crime from happening in our home, but we were wrong. Our home is a place of love and support and to think that our daughter was targeted in such a way in a place where she should be safe and secure, and where we believed she was safe, has been heartbreaking for us.
"We have watched our daughter go from a young 13-year-old enjoying being with her friends and settling into life at secondary school to one who has lost her self-confidence and feels shame and humiliation, she has suffered and continues to suffer sleepless nights, nightmares and panic attacks. She is fearful of being alone and she carries a deep sense of shame.
"I often think about what could have happened if we had not intercepted this when we did. This continues to play on my mind and keep me awake at night. This has been one of a parent’s worst nightmares."