Bradford Man Jailed for Child Sex Offences
Geoffrey Rooney 45, of Moore Avenue, Bradford admitted 10 offences at Bradford Crown Court on 7 December
Last updated 11th Feb 2022
A man from Bradford has been sentenced for 14 years for arranging and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and making and distributing hundreds of indecent images of children.
Geoffrey Rooney 45, of Moore Avenue, Bradford admitted 10 offences at Bradford Crown Court on 7 December.
Rooney was on licence after being released from prison earlier last year for sex offences against a child.
He also breached the terms of a sexual harm prevention order.
Rooney’s latest offending took place between July and November 2021 when he was then arrested in a joint police operation involving West Yorkshire Police and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Rooney was actively engaging other people online including undercover police officers to try and source further children to abuse.
The 45 year old appeared at Bradford Crown Court today (February 11) and was sentenced to 14 year extended jail sentence with an eight year custodial term and 6 years on extended licence.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Woodhead head of Safeguarding at Bradford Police said:
‘Rooney is a dangerous sexual predator who went to extreme lengths in order to try and conceal his activities and intentions to cause serious harm to children.
‘This case was very distressing and this type abuse was the worse that the team had ever seen.
‘The crimes he pleaded guilty to represent a high volume of images – many of the most serious kind.
‘Through working with our partners we were able to stop him from causing further harm to children.
‘I welcome the lengthy sentence given today, there is no hiding place for offenders like Rooney who commit these abhorrent crimes.
‘We treat all offences of this nature serious and we will continue to do everything we can to safeguard children.’
Detective Inspector Andy Buckthorpe of North West Regional Organised Crime Unit said:
“We welcome the lengthily sentence of Rooney today and hope communities feel reassured that this dangerous sexual predator is now behind bars.
“Here at the North West ROCU we have specialist officers who work tirelessly in partnership with other UK forces, agencies and CEOP (the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre) to protect children from sexual exploitation and dangerous offenders such as Rooney. Law enforcement operates across the internet and we will use every tactic and technological advancement available to ensure people cannot and do not get away with the terrible crimes they have committed.”