December 2016

Club helper pressured girls to send him indecent images of themselves

A helper at a young people’s club encouraged two young girls to send ‘provocative and indecent images’ of themselves to him, a court heard.

Jason Greaves had first sent the girls, who were both 12-years-old, obscene photos of his own.

The 22-year-old of Elgin Drive, Melton, but formerly Syston was jailed for three years and four months after admitting inciting them to send indecent images at Leicester Crown Court.

Prosecutor Philip Gibbs said Greaves had been in a position of trust as a helper at the club.

“Younger girls would have looked up to him,” he said.

One of the girls added Greaves to her Snapchat list.

“He solicited her to send sexual images of her top half but was always rebuffed – he did not get anywhere,” said Mr Gibbs.

He said the girl’s mother had made a personal statement on her behalf as she did not want to talk because of the memories it brought back.

“Those activities ruined her trust.

There was no statement from the second girl because she was too disturbed by the offence.

Judge Philip Head said that Greaves had been viewed as a friend by the girls.

Speaking about how Greaves acted towards one of the victims, he said: “You badgered her, using strong emotional pressure for her to send pictures to you.”

Greaves was jailed for three years four months, half of which will be spent in custody.

He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register, forbidden from having an unsupervised contact with females under 16 unless with written consent of a parent who knew of his conviction, allow any female under 16 in any domestic premises or to use the internet.