Face of paedophile caught twice by undercover cops
THIS is the face of a paedophile caught by police driving in an Audi TT to meet a ‘13-year-old’ girl he’d groomed for sex has been jailed - having been bailed and stung by undercover cops AGAIN.
James Davidson, from Stockport, was stopped by officers near Bolton Wanderers’ stadium in Horwich, the Express previously reported.
The 53-year-old, whose mug shot has now been released, told police: “This is ridiculous. I don’t know what all this is about.
“I just pulled in there because I didn’t feel well.”
Davidson had actually arranged to meet a ‘13-year-old girl’ after ‘grooming’ her online. The child was actually an undercover officer.
After being arrested and released under investigation, Davidson began sending messages to another ‘13-year-old girl’ - in reality, another undercover officer.
During some of Davidson’s ‘filthy’ conversations with one ‘girl,’ he said ‘age doesn’t matter.’
Jailing him for two years, Judge Mark Savill told Davidson, who was previously cautioned for exposing himself to a child via a chat room webcam: “You tried to fob them off with a quite ludicrous excuse.
“You had had a shot across your bows. That didn’t deter you.”
Minshull Street Crown Court heard Davidson started messaging the first ‘girl’ in June 2018.
She said she was 13, but the discussion quickly turned sexual, prosecutor Gavin Howie said.
Mr Howie said the messages included ‘classic grooming gambits’ references to sex and to meeting up.
Davidson sent the ‘girl’ a picture of two adults in a ‘sexual embrace’ and suggested they could do the same.
Davidson suggested they could meet up on a ‘quiet road.’
In subsequent conversations he asked her: “Are you really willing to meet me and have sex?”
“I think so, yeah,” the ‘girl’ replied.
They agreed to meet near the Tesco store and the University of Bolton stadium in July 2018.
Police were stationed nearby and pulled him over after they saw him approach in an Audi TT.
His mobile phone was seized and he was handcuffed while still sat in the car.
In interview, Davidson answered ‘no comment’ to questions and refused to reveal the PIN number for his iPhone.
He was released under investigation before coming to the attention of police again a year later, in July. He had been sending messages to someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Davidson began to make references to sex and suggested they could meet up. Police traced his IP address and learned it was Davidson.
After being arrested again, he denied any wrongdoing.
Defending, Paul Becker said that Davidson has been in prison on remand for six months, and that it has been a ‘salutary experience.’
He appealed for the judge to consider allowing Davidson to be released, so he could undertake programs to rehabilitate himself.
Davidson, of Mendip Close, Stockport, pleaded guilty to four offences.
They included two counts of attempting to sexually communicate with a child; one count of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act; and one count of attempting to meet following sexual grooming.
He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years.