Locations
Ffordd Cambria, Pontarddulais, Swansea, SA4
Description
THIS Pontarddulais sex offender sent a picture of his penis to who he thought was a 13-year-old girl, having already repeatedly breached a court order.
Daniel Owens was described by a judge as “undeterrable”, as he returned to court to be sentenced for his latest offences.
The court heard that Owens had previously been sentenced three times for breaching his sexual harm prevention order.
Addressing the defendant, Judge Paul Thomas KC said: “Despite all that assistance, despite all those chances, none of those constructive sentences have brought about any change.”
He sentenced Owens to a total of 18 months imprisonment, with an additional two-year extended licence period.
Swansea Crown Court heard that Owens contacted who he thought was a young girl on an online messaging application on October 6. The ‘girl’ was actually a decoy account.
Prosecutor Regan Walters said the defendant’s profile read: “Here to have some fun and spread my seed”, and included a topless picture of himself.
Owens asked the ‘girl’ to move the conversation on to WhatsApp or Snapchat, and the decoy said they were 13 years old. However, he continued to send her his number and asked her to message him on WhatsApp.
The defendant video called the decoy three times and phoned them in order to try and verify they were a real child, Mr Walters said.
Owens turned the conversion sexual, and messaged “Would you like to see it though” and sent a picture of his penis.
He also solicited sexual pictures, and told the ‘girl’ that he would show him ejaculating to them.
The defendant was reported to the police, and South Wales Police attended his address on November 1.
Owens was arrested, and officers seized his phone, laptop and PlayStation console. They also seized a telescopic baton.
He admitted he was the only person who had access to the messages on his phone, and added that he wasn’t aware that it was against the law to have a telescopic baton.
The court heard that Owens was a registered sex offender, and had been made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order in 2016 after being sentenced for sexual assault.
Owens, 29, of Fford Cambria in Pontarddulais, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child, sending a photograph of his genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, breaching a sexual harm prevention order, and possessing an offensive weapon in private place.
“He’s undeterrable isn’t he?,” said Judge Thomas. “He continues to commit offences.”
Owens must register as a sex offender indefinitely.