A Humberside detective constable, Paul Clayton, who confessed to engaging in sexual behaviour with a lady in the presence of her kid has been sentenced to imprisonment.
Authorities in Bristol, while probing an unrelated child exploitation investigation, discovered a guy in Hull engaging in internet communications with an offender.
Bristol Crown Court was informed that detectives successfully traced Paul Clayton, a former Humberside police officer, and identified a sequence of offences associated with him.
Paul Clayton, 45, from Anlaby in East Riding, admitted to facilitating an offence, downloading and possessing child abuse images, engaging in sexual communication with a child, inciting a child to participate in sexual activity, engaging in sexual activity with a child, and conducting sexual activity in the presence of a child.
A 43-year-old woman, whose identity is withheld by Bristol Live, admitted guilt to two charges: sending two photographs of her child to Paul Clayton, enabling him to engage in sexual activity with her child, and participating in sexual activity with him in the presence of her child.
Judge Martin Picton sentenced Paul Clayton to five years in prison and the woman to 29 months.
The judge said: “These are really serious offences.
“The harm on the victims will be life-long.”
Both defendants were handed Sexual Harm Prevention Orders designed to stop them reoffending.
They were both put on the Sex Offenders Register and were barred from working with children and vulnerable adults.
Bristol Crown Court heard Paul Clayton tried to persuade a woman to send her an indecent photo of her ten-year-old daughter.
He also admitted downloading indecent images of children.
The court was told Paul Clayton had improper online conversations with a girl aged 14 online, had sexual activity with a younger girl in the form of a massage and engaged in sexual activity with a woman in the presence of her child.
The judge heard Paul Clayton’s co-defendant sent inappropriate photos of her child to Clayton and engaged in sexual activity with him in the presence of her child.
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