Locations
Rooker Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV2
Description
A man who attempted to meet 12-year-old girls in Wolverhampton for sexual activity has been jailed.
Aaron Kainth, aged 24, from Rooker Crescent, Wolverhampton, believed he was talking to young girls when he sent them messages attempting to meet them for sex in April of last year.
However, Kainth was stopped in his tracks with specialist support from West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) working together with officers from West Midlands Police.
He was arrested and later charged with a number of offences.
He appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday (9 March) where he pleaded guilty to one count each of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence, attempting to cause a female child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause a child a under 13 to look at an image of sexual activity and two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He was jailed for seven years and two months and placed on the sex offenders register for life.
Detective Inspector Chris Brown, from our Major Crime Team, said:
“Kainth displayed predatory behaviour. He wanted to meet up and have sex with a child of 12 and thought the person he was talking to online was of that age. Instead he was talking to one of our undercover officers.
“We are pleased that we were able to stop Kainth from attempting to talk to children online and now he is behind bars is no longer a threat to young girls.”