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A man from Denton has been jailed for child sex offences.

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15:56 04/05/2022

 

Thomas Cooper (12/12/1997), of Tame Street, Denton, was today (4th May 2022), sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment, as well as being subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order and his name on the sex offender register for life, after pleading guilty to:

 

  • 2x counts of an offender 18 or over engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child.

 

  • 2x counts of an offender over 18 meeting a girl under 16 following grooming.

 

The court heard how in December 2021, Cooper had been communicating online with a girl that he had contacted after adding her on the social media platform 'SnapChat'.

After grooming the victim online, he made arrangements to meet the girl and subsequently engaged in sexual activity with her on two separate occasions.

These incidents were later discovered by the victims family who alerted police.

On the 31st January 2022, Cooper was arrested in the Ashton-Under-Lyne area and taken into police custody. In his interview, he blamed the victim for forcing him to engage in sexual activity against his will on both occasions.

During the investigation, detectives were able to obtain enough evidence which lead to Cooper eventually pleading guilty to the offences.

Detective Constable Mike Allen, of GMP's Tameside district complex safeguarding team, said: "Cooper is clearly a predator prying on children for his own sexual pleasure".

"Sexual offences often have a long lasting impact on victims and Greater Manchester Police is committed to preventing this harm. I would, therefore, like to use this opportunity to encourage any young person who is being contacted by an adult or who's aware of an adult inappropriately contacting a young person, to report it to an appropriate adult or agency so they can be safeguarded and supported and the suspect can be identified.

"I hope this result today warns offenders that this behaviour will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester and that authorities here are committed to ensuring they face justice".

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