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Paedophile who sent explicit photos to decoy posing as 14-year-old blamed Covid-19 lockdown

Abc Morning by Abc Morning
September 2, 2021
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A convicted paedophile who sent photos of his penis to a decoy he thought was a 14-year-old girl blamed coronavirus lockdown restrictions for giving in to his impulses.

Greg Causton, 35, of Llanhilleth, near Abertillery Blaenau Gwent, had conversations with the decoy intermittently over a year and made sexually explicit requests for pictures of her breasts and privates. He was told on a number of occasions he was speaking to a 14-year-old but after initially saying she was “too young” he would initiate contact again and asked to meet up with her for sex.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court  was told Causton was subject to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) after being convicted of attempting to incite a child to engage in penetrative sexual activity in 2014.

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When he was visited by officers at his home address in High Street in July they discovered a mobile phone capable of accessing the internet which he was prohibited from owning.

Prosecutor Claire Pickthall said the defendant contacted a profile on the Meet24 app in July last year. After initially ending the conversation due to her age he got back in touch by asking her for a picture and sent her a picture of his penis.

He later asked her if she liked the picture and asked her to send one of herself with nothing on. He also called the decoy “beautiful” and “sexy”.

After the decoy sent a photo of herself fully clothed he asked her to “take her top off”. He called her “baby” and “gorgeous girl” and sent a picture of himself in his underwear. The decoy told Causton she was “shy” and scared of getting trouble to which he told her not to tell anyone and it would “be their secret”.

Messages then became more explicit when the defendant told the decoy he was masturbating over her photo and asked her to touch herself sexually. He also sent another photo of his penis.

On July 3 he told the decoy he “loved her” and wanted to see a picture of her breasts. The decoy then contacted the police who visited the defendant at his home and arrested him.

Causton later pleaded guilty to attempting to communicate with a child, breach of a SHPO, and attempting to breach a SHPO.

Regarding his previous conviction the court heard he bombarded his 15-year-old victim with sexually explicit messages on Facebook and after locating her telephone number he sent messages asking her to touch herself and to send sexual photos.

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In mitigation James Evans said his client had managed to “control his impulses” for a number of years but having been diagnosed with autism he found the coronavirus lockdown restrictions hard and claimed they had “had more of an effect on him”.

He added: “He tells me that if it wasn’t for these strange times he wouldn’t have committed these offences. The circumstances have had a detrimental effect on him.”

Sentencing, Recorder IWL Jones said the offence was too serious to be dealt with by anything other than an immediate custodial sentence. He added: “What you said to who you thought was a 14-year-old girl was thoroughly disgusting, deeply graphic. You should be ashamed of yourself.

“[The pandemic] is no excuse for behaving in the way you did, no excuse whatsoever. Plenty of people have had difficulties throughout this long period and haven’t behaved in this way.”

Causton was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment and was made subject to a new SHPO for 10 years.

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