A Doncaster man escaped a jail term at Sheffield Crown Court today after admitting to sending explicit messages to online\u00a0profiles of girls he believed to be 12 and 13-years-old.<\/p>\n
In April 2020, Cael Jones, 28, of Hall Gate, Doncaster, was caught by undercover police using fake profiles on Kik – an online messaging service – to catch sex offenders.<\/p>\n
After receiving a message from one of the accounts telling him she was a 12-year-old girl, Jones sent an explicit photograph and then explicit messages to the account, which included graphic sexual details.<\/p>\n
Another account used by police posing as a 13-year-old girl received further explicit messages from Jones.<\/p>\n
In June 2020, police officers exercised a search warrant and arrested Jones, who gave them a full account of his actions.<\/p>\n
Jones pleaded guilty on two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and one count of attempting to engage a female child in sexual activity excluding penetration at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court before today’s sentencing.<\/p>\n
Representing himself in Sheffield Crown Court, Jones said: “I was not aware of what I was doing and I know what I did was wrong.”<\/p>\n
He also denied getting any sexual gratification from the messages.<\/p>\n
His Honour Judge Slater told Jones he would avoid a prison sentence due to his remorse and the fact he was “ready, willing, and able” to work with probation officers.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Judge handed down a community order of three years, including a rehabilitation programme for up to 65 days. Jones was also banned from ever working with children, and his computers will be regulated for the next five years.<\/p>\n
Judge Slater told Jones if he breached the conditions of the order, he would be called back to Crown Court and face jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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