Locations
Flaxley Close, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98
Description
A man has been jailed for four years for attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child online.
Matthew Jenkins, aged 35 of Flaxley Close in Redditch, appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Tuesday (15 October) after he pleaded guilty to all offences. He was sentenced for attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to look at an image of sexual activity and attempting to cause or incite a girl aged 13 to 15 in sexual activity.
For the later offence he was sentenced to four years in prison. For the other two offences, he was given a further two sentences of 18 months each to be served concurrently.
Jenkins, who was previously known by the alias Marcus Benjamin Pearson, has been placed on the sex offenders register and has been given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.
Jenkins had been involved in sexual communication with the profile of a 13 year old child online. He had sent videos of himself masturbating and had also incited the child profile to masturbate.
He was arrested in May 2022 by West Mercia Police’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team (OCSET) at his home in Redditch. Photographs were taken at the scene and of clothing that matched with the photographs sent during the chat.