A Nantwich man who groomed a 13-year-old girl on a music sharing website has been jailed for three years.
George Alexandra Joinson, 56, of Barony Court, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child under 16, and 16 counts of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child.
Cheshire Police were alerted to Joinson (pictured) after a mother from Derbyshire reported her 13-year-old daughter missing in April 2011.
She thought her daughter had been staying with a friend but when discovered she was not there, alerted police.
Officers found an old mobile phone at the girl′s address which showed she had been communicating with Joinson.
In the back of the phone behind the battery was a piece of paper with Joinson′s address. On the phone they found photographs of a man which transpired to be Joinson.
Nantwich police visited his home in Barony Court and made a search but the teenager wasn′t there.
He denied he had ever met up with her and said they′d only ever texted.
He was arrested on suspicion of grooming and was interviewed about the whereabouts of the missing girl.
The girl returned home and when interviewed by police in Derbyshire officers admitted visiting him twice and having unprotected sex on the first occasion.
Officers then arrested Joinson for sexual activity with a child and searched his home, seizing DVDs and computers.
Detectives from Cheshire Police′s eForensics unit unearthed 32 indecent images.
Joinson was sentenced at Chester Crown Court to three years and four months in prison.
An indefinite Sexual Offences Prevention Order was made against him, he is banned from working with children and will be a registered sex offender for life.
Det Con Paul Carslake said: “It emerged the victim had started chatting with Joinson on a music sharing website called Bearshare, which members have to be 14 to join.
“She stated she told him she was actually 13. From his online profile she was aware of his age.
“This highlights how imperative it is parents are aware of the sites their children are accessing and who they are communicating with.”
I can understand peoples opinion on this upseting matter. Alls I ask is that people do not tar his family with the same brush. They have been through enough distress and do not need any more upset.
lock him up and throway the key, and keep him away from his daughters
what do you know about him and his family ?