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Mar 2024
Harrogate man who thought he was sending explicit images to girl, 12, jailed
Jason Carl Veal
Jason Carl Veal, 33, of Harewood Road, thought he was talking to a 12-year-old girl over a social media platform, but was actually talking to an undercover investigator.
North Yorkshire Police said in a press release today Veal sent a friend request to the “girl” via SnapChat in January 2023. He then began sending explicit sexual videos of adults performing sex acts on themselves and encouraged her to do the same.
At one point he believed the girl was at school and encouraged her to use the toilets to carry out the sex acts.
He was arrested by officers a few weeks later and charged with the following offences to which he pleaded guilty:
- attempting to cause/incite a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity – penetration
- attempt to cause a child under 13 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity
- attempt to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He appeared at York Crown Court on Friday, March 1 where he was jailed for 30 months. The court also ordered him to register with the police for an indefinite period and issued him with 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Detective Constable Kirsty Sullivan, from the force's online child abuse investigation team, said:
“Irrespective of who he was really talking to, he clearly believed he was communicating with a 12-year-old and that is of great concern to us. T
"he language he used was disgusting and the images repulsive. The online child abuse investigation team works proactively and sometimes covertly to identify those who pose a risk to children."
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