Pilsgate man jailed for sexual assault of teenager
Clark was also found to be sharing indecent images of children on the internet
A man from a village close to Stamford has been jailed, after admitting to the sexual assault of a teenager in Peterborough and to sharing indecent images of children.
27 year old Wayne Clark, of Pudding Bag Lane in Pilsgate, was found to be uploading the images after a police raid last September.
Clark's phone was examined and images and a video relating to the sexual abuse of a child were found on an encrypted folder.
The material was linked to a victim targeted by Clark in Peterborough three days previously.
Clark was arrested and later admitted to sexual activity with a child under 13 and two counts of taking indecent images of children.
Detective Inspector Tom Rowe, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: “Clark’s actions were deplorable but they have been stopped by the thorough work of our POLIT working closely with our digital media investigation officers.
“In addition to the sexual abuse, a child is victimised when an indecent image is taken and every time it is viewed or shared.
“Protecting young people from harm is one of our top priorities and we have specially trained officers who are there to support victims and bring offenders to justice.”
Clark was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court to two years and four months in prison, and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for a decade.
He was also made the subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.