Pervert caught trying to talk sex with ‘boy’
A POLICE sting in which an undercover officer posed online as a teenage boy succeeded in catching out a man who tried to talk sex to him.
Simon Nielsen, 30, of Holme House Lane, New Mill, Holmfirth, pleaded guilty to two charges at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Firstly, that on 22 January, 2019, at Huddersfield, the defendant, for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, attempted to communicate with ‘Jack,’ a person under 16.
Secondly, on the same day he was accused of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
Bill Astin, prosecuting, said this case arose out of an undercover operation called Reveal and was conducted by the Regional Organised Crime Unit.
He said the defendant told Jack “he was 28 and was looking for fun”.
The conversation turned to sexual matters and Nielsen, who is Danish, sent Jack a picture of his penis.
Jack said he would not know what to do with it as he was inexperienced.
The undercover officer also tried to continue the conversation with the defendant on February 6 and 8 last year but he did not respond.
Police also discovered at his home address an indecent image which Mr Astin said was effectively a cartoon that looked like a six-year-old child.
The bench ordered Nielsen, who was represented by Sonia Kidd, to report to Huddersfield Police Station within three days and notify officers that he had been convicted of sexual offences.
He was also granted unconditional bail and told to appear before Leeds Crown Court on April 15 for sentencing.