In 2019, the Offender Database reported that Ricky Todd, the Devon Paedophile Child Molester, received a five-year term for engaging in sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl shortly after she accepted his friend request.
Ricky Todd extended an invitation to the teenager to visit his residence, 82 minutes after their initial interaction on Facebook.
Ricky Todd intoxicated the girl with lager, weed, cocaine, and ecstasy tablets before coercing her into sexual intercourse.
The court was informed that the child was skipping school when she first received communication from Ricky Todd. She visited his bedsit and remained there for 24 hours.
27-year-old Ricky Todd administered medications and booze to her before exploiting her through multiple instances of sexual intercourse.
Ricky Todd expelled the girl the subsequent morning as his two small children were scheduled to visit him.
The victim was under care, showed significant vulnerability, and disclosed the incident some weeks later.
Ricky Todd denied meeting the girl and claimed he was working at a construction site, but upon investigation, the police discovered that his employers confirmed Todd had, in fact, been absent for the two days in question.
Ricky Todd, 27, from Silverton but originally hailing from Tiverton, was convicted by a jury of engaging in sexual behaviour with a minor during his trial at Exeter Crown Court.
Judge David Evans sentenced Ricky Todd to five years of imprisonment, with the stipulation that he would serve half of that term in prison.
Throughout the five-day trial, the jury examined messages from Facebook and texts in which Ricky Todd instructed the girl to rendezvous with him at Henry’s Bar in Exeter, situated near his room in a neighbouring shared residence.
A friend who visited him observed the girl in his room, and she subsequently identified him in an identification parade.
Ricky Todd asserted that he was the target of a conspiracy in which an individual had pilfered his phone from his room and dispatched the compromising Facebook messages and texts impersonating him.
Following Ricky Todd’s conviction, the court said that his defence was ludicrous.
He informed Ricky Todd that he is required to register as a sex offender for a duration of ten years.
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