August 2021

Sheffield paedophile fantasised about ‘caressing’ 12-year-old girl on Skegness beach

A convicted paedophile who said he wanted to “caress” a 12-year-old girl on Skegness beach and told an undercover cop her messages made his privates “tingle” has avoided being jailed again.

Jeffrey Redman-Armstrong had been browsing online chatrooms in February 2020 when he came across a message in a “kids’ chat” from a decoy named Charley, Sheffield Crown Court heard.

The 51-year-old, under the username “Dingle” replied that he was from Sheffield and went on to tell her she seemed “awesome”, prosecutor Nicola Quinney said.

Redman-Armstrong, unknowingly exchanging messages with an undercover police officer, also began to suggest he and the bogus 12-year-old meet up.

They exchanged Skype, Kik and email addresses and chatted for around two months, during which the decoy received messages asking for indecent photographs and crude messages about sex acts.

Redman-Armstrong added that he might be able to make it over to Skegness in Lincolnshire where the decoy said she lived after his holiday was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

He then went on to say that his genitals “tingled” when he read her messages and told her she was beautiful after receiving a picture of her in her pyjamas.

On April 2, Redman-Armstrong sent a message saying: “I hoped by now a naughty little girl like you might have wanted to swap some other kinds of photos.”

He then told the decoy they should go to a beach so that he could caress her, Ms Quinney told the court.

Redman-Armstrong, of Victoria Road, Beighton, had previously been jailed in 2005 for three counts of sexual activity with a child and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

He was jailed again after breaching a sexual prevention order two years later and for possessing an indecent image of a child.

On this occasion he admitted one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.

Redman-Armstrong must also carry out 55 rehabilitation activity requirement days and was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for five years.

June 2012

Child sex offender Jeffrey Redman-Armstrong found by police

A registered sex offender accused of not reporting to police since last September has been found.

Jeffrey Redman-Armstrong, 42, was jailed at Derby Crown Court in 2005 for sexual activity with a girl under 16.

He was released in May last year and was required to tell officers his home address.

He had connections to Derbyshire but was arrested on Friday in Greater Manchester and charged with producing cannabis.

Redman-Armstrong was also charged with failing to comply with the requirements of the sex offenders register.

He was arrested in Woodford Road, Stockport, by officers from Greater Manchester Police.

He appeared at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Saturday where he was remanded in custody to appear on Tuesday.

He did not enter a plea to the charges.