Black Country pervert who tried to lure schoolgirls into his BMW is locked up

Shawn Jones had been found guilty of four charges of attempted abduction with intent to commit a sexual offence by a jury.

The 45-year-old from Norwood Road, Brierley Hill, had targeted two girls on two separate occasions while they were carrying out their paper rounds and then struck again after he had been arrested and bailed.

On January 15, 2015, Jones told a 14-year-old girl in the Kates Hill area she was beautiful before offering to drive her around.

He made a similar offer when he pulled up next to a 12-year-old girl in Cradley, on April 14 that year.

But being arrested did not deter Jones who then approached two girls aged 13 and 14 as they sat in the back of a car outside of KFC in Merry Hill.

As he was sentenced yesterday, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard the offences had had a serious impact on all four victims.

Prosecutor Glyn Samuel said both the girls involved in the KFC incident had since required counselling and felt anxious leaving the house with one of them describing themselves as a 'prisoner' in their own home.

Mr Samuel said the other two victims also felt nervous about going out.

Judge John Wait told Jones he would serve at least half of the four and a half year sentence in prison and the rest on licence.

He will also be subject to a sexual harm prevention order for an indefinite period and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Judge Wait said: "This was a course of conduct committed over a period of six months. You took the opportunities when you incited girls who were alone.

"The first two were at the time confident hardworking young girls doing a paper round.

"You approached each of them and made grossly inappropriate and highly sexualised comments causing very great distress and seeking to persuade them into your car."

The judge said he had taken into account good character references for Jones and the fact he did not get out of his car.