A man from Swansea has been handed a ten-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to multiple child sex offences.
25-year-old Jack Barrett, from Waunarlwydd, began chatting with the child victim online before encouraging them to carry out sexual acts. The victim is not from the South Wales Police area and so had no in-person interaction with Barrett.
Barrett pleaded guilty to the following charges:
- Two counts of cause/incite a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity
- One count of causing a child aged 13 to 15 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity
- One count of engaging in sexual communication with a child
- One count of breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO)
Barrett has been handed an extended sentence of 10 years in prison.
Detective Constable Gemma McLean said:
“Jack Barrett used online communication platforms to take advantage of a child, knowing that they were underage. He did this knowing what he was doing was wrong.
“This investigation, conducted alongside another police force, uncovered the scale of Barrett’s offending, and the significant sentence that has been handed down today shows just how depraved his actions have been.
“He is fully deserving of a lengthy spell in prison. This sentence should be seen as an emphatic deterrent, and we encourage anyone who is a victim of online sexual abuse to come forward and help us bring the perpetrators to justice.”
