Nuneaton pervert caged for child sex offences

He was snared by a police sting to catch online paedophiles



A Nuneaton pervert who admitted a string of child sex offences has been caged.

Andrew Clarke, aged 53, of Kingwood Road, Nuneaton , was yesterday sentenced to five years and four months at Warwick Crown Court.

It follows his admission of a string of incidents involving young girls, including:

• One charge of attempt to cause a child under 13 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity - (three years to run concurrently)
• One charge of attempt to meet a girl under 16 following grooming - (three years to run concurrently)
• One charge of attempt to cause/incite girl 13-15 years to engage in sexual activity
• One charge of attempt to cause/incite girl 13-15 years to engage in sexual activity (three years to run concurrently)
• One charge of distributing indecent images of children - (three years to run concurrently)
• One charge of possession of indecent images of children - (two years to run concurrently)
• One charge of possession of indecent images of children - (18 months to run concurrently)
• One charge of possession of indecent images of children
• One charge of attempting to incite a girl 13-15 years to engage in sexual activity was allowed to lie on file.

The Judge ordered that Clarke is registered as a sex offender for life and handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

The 53-year-old was snared by Operation Safenet, a Warwickshire police sting targeting suspected paedophiles operating online.

Detective Inspector Gavin Kinrade encouraged other victims of abuse or those who suspect it to come forward.

A shocking lack of information there. What was his occupation? What did the judge say in summing up?