Man pretended to be 16 to sexually communicate with child
George Michael Casson, who is from North Yorkshire, has been jailed for 19 months
A man from Moor Monkton in North Yorkshire has been jailed after pretending to be a 16-year-old boy to sexually communicate with a child.
30-year-old George Michael Casson has been sentenced to 19 months in prison after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a child.
Casson befriended a 15-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire on a community app called Litmatch.
He pretended to be a 16-year-old boy called 'Ty'.
He also created an account pretending to be 'Ty's brother' and another pretending to be a 'gang member'.
He pressured the girl into sending indecent images, then blackmailed her to continue sending them with threats to share the pictures with her family and school.
The girl's parents found the messages after noticing she had become withdrawn.
They reported it to the police, and Casson was traced.
Casson was sentenced at York Crown Court today (23rd December), and was placed on the Sex Offenders Register and issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.