Locations
York Road, Middlesbrough, TS5
Description
A paedophile who sexually assaulted two young children and made them watch sexual content has today been jailed for 18 years with five years on extended license.
Connor Wright, 32, assaulted the children between June and July 2024 and told them not to tell anyone about the abuse, because it was “their secret”.
He also showed them graphic sexual content, incited them to engage in sexual activity and took indecent images and videos of them.
After one of the children bravely disclosed what was happening, it was reported to police and the force’s specialist Child Abuse and Vulnerable Adults Team (CAVA) launched an investigation.
Wright was arrested on 25th July 2024 and his phone was seized for examination. A search was also carried out at his home address, where further devices and items were recovered.
The force’s Digital Forensic Unit (DFU) examined the devices and located more than a 100 indecent and prohibited images and videos of children, with four being graded as category A – the worst category.
Wright was arrested and charged with 25 offences including making indecent images of children, possessing prohibited images of children, voyeurism, rape and sexual assault.
He pleaded guilty to all offences at court and appeared at Teesside Crown Court for sentencing on 7th November where he was sentenced.
Investigating officer Detective Constable Victoria Brown said:
“Wright committed some of the most vile crimes imaginable and caused an immeasurable amount of trauma to his young and vulnerable victims.
“He targeted the children in pursuit of his own twisted sexual gratification without any consideration for the impact his actions would have on them and I’m pleased that he has today been given a significant prison sentence.
“This was an extremely distressing case but the joint work from CAVA, DFU, and our Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT) was instrumental in helping us bring Wright before the courts and get justice for his victims and their families.
“I hope this result makes it clear we will do all we can to pursue those committing sexual offences against children and protect the vulnerable from harm.”