In 2026, the Offender Database reported that Christopher Bradshaw, then 32, of March, Cambridgeshire, was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court. The convicted sex offender was returned to prison for six years after he was caught targeting children online, violating both the law and his existing strict notification requirements.
The court heard that in May 2025, Christopher Bradshaw used social media to contact two separate accounts he believed belonged to young girls. The first “child” explicitly told him she was only 13 years old and still at school, while the second stated she was 14. Despite this knowledge, Bradshaw initiated conversations of a graphic sexual nature. To evade detection on monitored social media platforms, he shared his personal phone number and moved the conversations to WhatsApp.
Unbeknownst to Bradshaw, both accounts were decoys operated by an online child abuse activist group. Although he attempted to hide his identity by using a pseudonym, Cambridgeshire Constabulary officers were able to trace the phone number he provided back to his real identity. Upon his arrest, it was confirmed that Bradshaw had also failed to comply with his mandatory sex offender notification requirements, which legally obligated him to register any communication devices or aliases with the police.
Christopher Bradshaw pleaded guilty to inciting a girl aged 13–15 to engage in sexual activity and failing to comply with notification requirements. On Tuesday, 23 December 2025, he was sentenced to six years in prison at Peterborough Crown Court. Judge Sean Enright noted his status as a repeat offender and the predatory nature of his persistence despite the victims’ young ages.
Following his custodial term, Christopher Bradshaw will be subject to lifelong sex offender notification requirements and a stringent Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) to monitor his internet usage and prevent further contact with minors.
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