Rotherham man who arranged to sexually abuse children in Derbyshire jailed
He's been sentenced to a minimum of seven and a half years behind bars
A man from Rotherham, who arranged to meet and sexually assault two children at a hotel in Derbyshire has been jailed.
Christopher Hackett had been speaking to the ‘mother’ of the two children online arranging to meet up at a hotel in Alfreton so he could have abuse the children.
However, the person Hackett was actually speaking to was actually a police officer and when he arrived at the hotel for the meeting, he was instead arrested.
He was already on the sex offenders register at the time of the incident.
Following the 37-year-olds arrest, his mobile phone was found to contain thousands of indecent images of children.
He was later charged with attempted sexual communication with a child, arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and possession of indecent images.
Hackett, of Town Lane, Rotherham, admitted the offences and appeared at Derby Crown Court on 12 November when he was jailed for seven and a half years with an extended four-year licence period for dangerousness. He was also handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
PC Jodie Norris, who led the investigation, said: “Hackett, who was already a registered sex offender when he committed this offence, clearly poses a serious danger to children and I am very pleased that his sentence reflects that danger.
“I have no doubt that had he not been caught, he would have gone on to cause severe physical and psychological harm to children in the future.
“Thankfully in this case the children involved were not real but that in no way takes away from his intentions and clear danger."