Locations
Blendworth Lane, Southampton, SO18
Description
A 19-year-old man from Southampton has been jailed after admitting to causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of having sexual communications with a child.
Jayden Jack Robert Smith, of Blendworth Lane, admitted to the offences when he appeared at Southampton Crown Court on Tuesday 5 February – on the second day of his trial.
He was sentenced to two years and nine months when he appeared at the same court earlier today (Friday 11 April).
As well as the time he will now spend behind bars, Smith will have to sign the sex offenders register for life, and will be subject to a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a five-year restraining order.
He is also subject to a deprivation order, which covers two mobile phones and a dash cam.
The sentencing follows an incident involving a child on Wednesday 3 July last year. During the incident, Smith followed the young victim in his car and subsequently isolated him in a wooded area in Botley, before then asking the child to expose himself.
Following the guilty plea, two other charges relating to the incident - attempt to cause/incite a boy under age of 13 to engage in sexual activity of a non-penetrative nature and attempt kidnap with the intent to commit any relevant sexual offence - were subsequently dropped.
The sentencing also follows another incident in which he admitted to sending sexual communications to a second child, also in July 2024, and inciting him to perform a sexual act. This young victim was from another county.
After his guilty pleas, Smith was remanded in custody ahead of today’s hearing.