Locations
Parish Gate Drive, Sidcup, Kent, DA15
Description
A South London paedophile gripped a copy of George Orwell's 1984 after he admitted asking an undercover police officer to perform oral sex on him - believing they were a 13-year-old girl. Alex Parsons appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday (May 10) where he confessed to four child sex offences after a sting by the Metropolitan Police in February this year.
The 37-year-old from Parish Gate Drive, Sidcup, held his head in his hands before entering court, then stood in the dock wearing a grey plaid suit and thick glasses he pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, two counts of attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity, and one count of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
The court heard he communicated with an undercover cop - posing as a 13-year-old child called Chloe - between February 20 and 22 this year, during which time he sent 'messages of a sexual nature'.
The perverted bookworm also sent a photo of his genitals and a sexual video and he asked her to perform a sex act on him, the court was told.
Orwell's novel 1984 is a book that features the Thought Police, a secret police force acting for Oceania, a fictional superstate which controls almost every aspect of the characters' lives.
Thought Police are tasked with finding and punishing thoughtcrimes (personal and political thoughts not approved by the regime), often working undercover to lure out criminals.
On Friday, defence counsel Mark Stevens said his client was of previous good character had already signed notification requirements for sex offenders. Parsons was previously granted bail by the magistrates, who ordered that he be monitored on a curfew between 10pm and 5am and is only allowed a single mobile phone.
Judge Charlotte Welsh ordered an 'all options' pre-sentence report, and granted Parsons conditional bail ahead of his sentence on July 12. Parsons said 'Thank you very much' as he left the dock, then later walked out the courthouse holding a copy of the dystopian novel.