Man jailed after targeting children online
Nicholas Robinson from Wolverhampton was sentenced to 3 years behind bars
A man has been jailed for three years after he was caught by specialist team targeting sex offenders in the West Midlands.
Earlier this year, police acting on intelligence - interacted with Nicholas Robinson, aged 35 on a social media platform, posing as an adult.
Robinson declared he had a sexual interest in children and offered to send money to contribute to a camera to obtain explicit photos and videos of children.
Videos were also sent to our undercover officer of child abuse.
In February, a second undercover officer interacted with Robinson, posing as a 13-year-old girl and was asked to perform a sexual act.
Robinson from Wolverhampton, who pleaded guilty to charges at an earlier hearing was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court to three years in jail for four counts of child sex offences.
These included distributing an indecent image of a child and attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child.
Detective Constable Neil Cunnington said: “We want to create an environment of disruption, fear and apprehension amongst people who operate online to sexually abuse children.
“Arresting and convicting offenders like Robinson is the main way we achieve this.
“If anyone is concerned about someone’s online behaviour, or suspects they are grooming children, then please get in touch so we can investigate."
Last year, our Major Crime Unit’s online undercover work led to the arrest of 73 predatory sexual offenders.