Sex predator who targeted 12-year-old girls jailed

A sex predator who tried to meet with 12-year-old girls has been jailed.

Aaron Kainth was sending messages online and believed he was engaging with underage girls, encouraging them to meet him in person for sex in Wolverhampton in April last year.

However, he was talking to undercover West Midlands Police officers, who arrested and subsequently charged him with five sexual offences.

After pleading guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court, the 24-year-old of Rooker Crescent, Wolverhampton, was sentenced on 9 March to seven years and two months in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Kainth originally denied the offences, but later changed his plea.

He admitted one count each of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence, attempting to cause a female child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and attempting to cause a child under 13 to look at an image of sexual activity.

He also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.

Det Insp Chris Brown said: "Kainth displayed predatory behaviour. He wanted to meet up and have sex with a child of 12 and thought the person he was talking to online was of that age.

"We are pleased that we were able to stop Kainth from attempting to talk to children online and now he is behind bars and is no longer a threat to young girls."

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