In 2025, the Offender Database reported that Gavin West, 46, of Six Acres, Slinfold, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court.
Gavin West was jailed for four years after attempting to arrange a meeting for sexual activity with what he believed was a 12-year-old girl. The court heard that Gavin West engaged in sexual conversations on social media in 2023, despite being explicitly told the recipient was a child, and was arrested in November of that year following a police investigation.
Gavin West pleaded guilty to attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual communication with a child, and possessing indecent images, including category A material and extreme pornography featuring animals. He was also handed a ten-year sexual harm prevention order, with detectives describing Gavin West as a predatory offender with a clear sexual interest in children.
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