Record details
A man has been sentenced following convictions for serious sexual offences involving children.
Marc Gothorp, aged 45, of Carram Way, Lincoln, was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court on 15/05/2026 after pleading guilty to multiple offences.
These were:
- Three counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of the rape of a child under 13 between 22/10/2025 and 28/10/2025.
- Making indecent images of children (Categories A, B and C) between 06/09/2020 and 04/11/2025, comprising 1,870 category A, 1,316 category B and 592 category C images
- Distributing Category A indecent images of children between 25/03/2025 and 02/11/2025, comprising 21 images.
Gothorp was arrested by officers from Lincolnshire Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT) on 05/11/2025.
At sentencing, the court determined that Gothorp meets the statutory criteria for classification as a dangerous offender.
He was sentenced to a custodial sentence of 10 years imprisonment and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
This investigation was conducted jointly by Lincolnshire Police POLIT and the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU).
