'What we found in his car was alarming and showed his sickening intentions' - Stourport man jailed for trying to engage in sexual activity with a child
A Stourport man who tried to facilitate sexual activity with a child and was found to have items including cable ties and a whip in his car has been jailed for more than two years.
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Julian Davis was arrested on December 4 last year following an operation by West Mercia Police's Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team (OCSET).
The 62-year-old was arrested in Worcester where officers found items in his car including cable ties, handcuffs, a whip, lubricant, amphetamine drugs, Viagra and baby wipes, as well as mobile phones which were seized and downloaded.
Davis was interviewed by police and charged on December 5, 2024, before being bailed with conditions including not to contact directly or indirectly anyone under the age of 18, ahead of an appearance at Worcester Crown Court on Monday (January 6).
He was found guilty of being an adult attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, possession of a controlled drug of Class B - amphetamine and arranging/facilitating commission of an offence of sexual activity with child/cause/incite child to engage in penetration.
Davis was sentenced to 32 months in prison, given a lifetime sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register indefinitely, as well as to pay £150 costs.
Detective Constable Richard Britton, of the OCSET, said: “We carried out this operation on December 4 targeting Davis following intelligence work he was attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child.
“What we found in his car was alarming and showed his sickening intentions. Fortunately, on this occasion we were able to stop an offender before they could abuse a child.
“We were glad to get charges brought against Davis and this prison sentence imposed today. Upon his release, he will remain subject to a lifetime sexual harm prevention order and will remain on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.”
