A Manchester paedophile who tried to groom a number of children online - including while on police bail - has been locked up for ten years.
Rachel Fenton, previously known as Richard Fenton, of Bideford Drive, Wythenshawe, was sentenced yesterday (9 May) at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to 21 child sex offences and a drug offence, including seven counts of attempting to incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
Officers also found a number of indecent images of children including a large amount of child sexual abuse images and photos of young children on their devices, which were seized. READ MORE : Man arrested after daylight brawl as men fought 'with weapons' in quiet street Detective Constable Ceri Martin, of GMP's Sexual Crime Unit, called Fenton’s crimes “deplorable and completely unacceptable”.
Fenton, 45, was originally reported by an online vigilante group in November 2020, who said they had been communicating with them using a fake profile of a 12-year-old girl.
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