Paedophile planned to meet ‘teen’
A PAEDOPHILE arranged to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex after grooming her online, a court has heard.
Elvis Aron Presley Jr had spent the previous fortnight sending a series of explicit messages to the girl in which he encouraged her to perform sex acts on herself and to send him a pair of her used and unwashed underwear.
But when the convicted sex offender turned up for the arranged meeting he found himself detained by members of a so-called paedophile hunter group.
Swansea Crown Court heard that in December 2019 a “decoy” account purporting to be that of a 14-year-old girl contacted Presley on Instagram.
Jim Davis, prosecuting, said the decoy began by asking the defendant if he really was Elvis Presley Jr, to which the defendant replied he was.
Over the following days the decoy and the 55-yearold defendant had a series of conversations which soon turned sexual in nature.
The court heard that despite the decoy telling Presley on a number of occasions that she was aged 14, the defendant talked to her about sex toys, encouraged her to perform sex acts on herself, and asked for a pair of her used and unwashed underwear.
Mr Davis said that on December 31 Presley talked to the girl about her going to his flat in Carmarthen, and arrangements were made to meet up later that week.
When he turned up at the rendezvous point in the town he was met and detained by members of the paedophile hunter group.
Police were called and a search of the defendant’s nearby flat found he had “sex objects” in his bedroom including vibrators and Velcro handcuffs.
Presley, of Nott Square, Carmarthen, admitted attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, and attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming.
The offences are charged as the “attempt” form of the offences because there was no actual child involved.
The court heard he had a conviction from Southampton Magistrates’ Court in 2007 for sending indecent or offensive messages, and convictions for four counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14 from Norwich Crown Court from 2011.
These offences relate to sexual assaults he carried out on a young girl in the 1980s.
At the time of the Carmarthen offences he was on the sex offenders’ register as a result of the Norwich conviction.
Helen Randall, for Presley, said there was little mitigation she could offer as far as the offences themselves were concerned.
She said the defendant suffers from “complex mental health disorders” and was remorseful for his actions.
Judge Paul Thomas QC said it was clear Presley had believed he was communicating with a real 14-year-old girl when he arranged to meet and had “made preparations for sex” with her.
Giving the defendant a one-quarter discount for his guilty pleas, the judge sentenced him to a total of 27 months in prison.
Presley will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence.
The defendant was made the subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and will be a registered sex offender for the same length of time.
EVERY week we will bring you a look at new planning applications submitted to Carmarthenshire Council. This week’s include.
■ Proposed signage, land to the north of the B4304 Trostre Road, Trostre, Llanelli.
■ Proposed double-storey side extension & single-storey rear extension to existing dwelling, 79 Stepney Road, Burry Port.
■ Non-material amendment (amended plans) to W/25427 (construction of new 4 bedroom 1.5 storey detached dwelling plus integral lower ground floor garage) Plot adjacent, Lluest y Bryn House, Capel Evan Road, Carmarthen.
■ Discharge of condition 3 (details of proposed windows) of LBC Appeal Ref: APP/ M6825/E/20/3250408 Crugybar to Pumpsaint, Crugybar, Llanwrda.
■ Discharge of condition 3 on PL/00673 (material samples)ymca, 49 Stepney Street, Llanelli.
■ Variation of condition 1 on S/35335 (outline application for 1 new bungalow – all matters reserved), Wish to vary the wording of condition to allow for an extension of time for the submission of reserved matters, plot adjacent to Hazeldene, Five Roads.
■ Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of dwelling which has operated as a private dwelling/care home for children/ young adults living as a family group for at least the last ten years and continues to do so at the present time. In breach of condition 4 (agricultural restriction) on GW/03630, Towy House, Nantgaredig, Carmarthen.
■ Erection of two-storey side extension and single-storey porch; replacement of roof over existing house with associated increase in ridge height, Ger y Mynydd, Heol Ddu, Ammanford.
■ New dwelling house, 31 Maidens Grove, Llandybie, Ammanford.
■ Removal of conditions 4 (premises shall not to be used for sale of takeaway hot food) and 5 (opening hours restrictions) on E/07298, 29, High Street, Llandybie, Ammanford.
■ Proposed alterations and extensions to dwelling and proposed double garage Clawddowen School House, Llanfynydd, Carmarthen.
■ Extension to dwelling including demolition of existing side extensions and potting/tools shed for horticultural purposes, Crud yr Awel, Pencader.
■ Construction of a two-storey detached dwelling and detached garage and siting of temporary caravan during the construction phase of the dwelling - to be removed upon completion of the new dwelling, plot adjacent to Llys Abergiar, Llanllwni, Pencader, Llanybydder.
■ Extension to existing dwelling Bryn-y-wawr, Alltwalis, Carmarthen.
■ Residential development land off Heol Glyndwr, Pontyates, Llanelli.
■ Single-storey rear extension, 2, Bryn Rhos, Llanelli.
■ Discharge of condition 13 on S/35926 (details of boundary walls/ fences), land adjacent to Maes yr Haf, Cross Hands.
■ Single-storey rear extension and erection of a domestic shed, Ty Seion, Llangain, Carmarthen.
■ Extend domestic curtilage, 9, Gerddi Glasfryn Gardens, Llanelli.
■ Siting of two semi-detached dwelling houses, land part of Llwynderw, Llanelli.
■ Low-level play equipment, extension to patio area and construction of pathway to allow accessibility for all from the car parking areas, Park Restaurant and Visitor Centre, Pembrey Country Park, Factory Road, Pembrey, Burry Port.