Yorkshire man jailed for planning paedophile attack online

A man has been jailed for arranging sexual activity with a child.

Clive Jones, 74, of Bempton, East Riding of Yorkshire, was convicted of seven counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence.

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison on 25 January at Durham Crown Court.

The offences took place last year when Jones contacted a woman on several occasions with the intent of arranging sexual activity with a child, Humberside Police said.

Jones has also been put on the sex offenders register for life and given a victim surcharge of £228.

He was convicted of the sexual offences on 18 December 2023.

Det Con Rachel Hall of Humberside Police, said: "Clive Jones took a sickening sexual interest in a child, arranging to meet them and expressing perverted sexual desires towards them."

She said she was reassured that Jones is now facing considerable time behind bars and is unable to target any other children.

"I hope the sentence given today sends a very clear warning to anyone considering committing similar offences," she said.

Speaking after the sentencing, Ch Insp Al Burns of the Yorkshire and Humber regional organised crime unit said he was "pleased" Jones has been bought to justice.

"Jones used the internet to engage with other adults on social media sites, where he arranged to commit horrid sexual abuse against young children.

"What he hadn't realised, however, was that he was actually engaging with a police investigator," he said.

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