In 2018, then 20-year-old Daniel Cooper, of Birch Street, Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire, was handed a three-year community order after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on a 13-year-old girl. The investigation established that the offences took place in August 2016. The prosecution reported at Nottingham Crown Court that Cooper was fully aware the girl was under the age of consent at the time, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the then 20-year-old.
SENTENCING — On Friday, 26 January 2018, the judiciary at Nottingham Crown Court imposed a three-year community order after Cooper changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial. He admitted two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. As part of his community order, Cooper was ordered to complete a sex offenders programme, perform 100 hours of unpaid work, undertake 35 rehabilitation activity requirement days, and pay £250 in prosecution costs.
- OFFENCES: Admitted two counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of consent.
- OUTCOME: Handed a three-year community order, 100 hours of unpaid work, and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
- NATURE OF OFFENCE: The offender utilized his age gap and manipulation as a mechanical necessity to engage in sexual violations with an elementary-school-aged child, fully conscious of her vulnerability and legal minority.
- LOCATION OF OFFENCES: Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire.
- PROFILE: Daniel Cooper, then 20. He is documented as a child predator whose forensic profile involved targeting a 13-year-old girl before entering a late guilty plea at court.
- UK SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER: Ordered to register on the sex offenders register for a period of five years.
- COURT PROCEEDINGS: Trial and final disposition held at Nottingham Crown Court following an enforcement investigation by Nottinghamshire Police.
- CRIMINAL RECORD: Registered sex offender convicted of child sexual exploitation in 2018.
- ORIGIN OF OFFENDER: Cooper is from Birch Street, Church Warsop.
QUESTION — Given that “a twenty-year-old offender knowingly targeted a thirteen-year-old girl for sexual activity but avoided an immediate custodial prison sentence,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Convicted of Direct Sexual Activity with Children Under Fourteen” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Whole-Life Incarceration Without Parole” to prevent a series of assaults?
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