Pontyates cyber predator who groomed girl, 13, jailed for two years
A cyber predator who groomed a 13-year-old girl who he got to send him explicit sex images of herself has been jailed for two years.
Scott Williams, 22, of Pontyates, Llanelli, kept up a secret on-line relationship with the schoolgirl from Essex over two years.
He used Skype, a webcam and his smart phone to regularly contact his victim, encouraging her to drink alcohol and expose herself.
Williams also set up at least four face-to-face meetings with the girl, at a series of unnamed locations between south Wales and Essex.
When he was finally caught he told police it was all “purely a cyber world” affair to him, Swansea Crown Court heard.
Williams was jailed after admitting three counts of causing, and three counts of inciting, a child to engage in sexual activity.
He also admitted two counts of possessing indecent images of children. The offending covered 24 months from September 2012.
Brian Simpson, prosecuting, said that Williams already had a string of sex offence convictions.
They included a conviction for causing a 14-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity, using the MSN messaging service.
Williams had ordered the girl to expose herself, threatening to “destroy her computer” with a virus, if she refused, Mr Simpson said.
Williams had also exposed his genitals to a schoolgirl in 2014 while out walking on the Burry Port Coastal Path.
He appeared after 16 months in custody for breaching a 10 year Sexual Offences Prevention Order banning him from entering any park which contained children’s play equipment.
Judge Paul Thomas QC, said: “The offences, Scott Williams, that you committed were obviously very serious ones.
“Over a period of two years, starting when she was as young as 13, you contacted a girl from the Essex area over the internet.”
“This happened during a period when she was between 13 and 15, a fact that you were at all times aware of.”
He added: “This young girl for one reason or another, was besotted with you.
“But it is right to say that you never actually met her – it all took place in cyber space.
“On the four occasions you arranged to meet her she went along from her home in Essex and she wanted to have sex with you.
“You never showed up. In my view you never intended to show up.”
He told Williams his convictions showed: “You have an inability to stop committing sexualised offences.”
Jailing him for two years he told him that when he was released it would be “under strict licence.”
