10 White men jailed for sexually abusing 13 year old

Ten men have been jailed for a total of 34 years after sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl who posted a profile on a dating website.

Dozens of men contacted the teenager after seeing her details online - but while many broke off contact when they discovered her true age, others continued to pursue her for sex.

A total of 30 suspects from all around the country, none of whom knew each other, committed offences against the girl, including having sex with her and persuading her to send explicit pictures of herself.

The girl, from North Yorkshire, was left mentally scarred by her experiences, and is now receiving intensive professional help.

She made the dating profile, on which she claimed to be 18, because she was looking for a romantic relationship, but the men who responded were only interested in sex.

The paedophiles ranged in age from 20 to 45, with one 14-year-old boy also implicated.

The first offender, 39-year-old Mark Harris, had sex with the girl shortly after she turned 13 after meeting her through a friend.

Harris, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison, was 'turning a frightened child into a very sexualised child'.

Mark Lindsay, 33, encouraged the victim to lie to her parents, telling them she was having a sleepover with a friend when she was in fact travelling to his house for sex.

Her mother suspected something was wrong after the girl got lost on her way home, and examined her mobile phone.

She found a large number of highly sexual text messages and pictures on the child’s mobile phone and handed it to officers. They used it and other evidence to track down the suspects.

The men who were found to have had sexual contact with the girl included a teacher, a shop worker, a travelling salesman and others.

Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, head of crime at North Yorkshire Police, said: 'This investigation uncovered large-scale exploitation of a child for the sexual gratification of several men, some of whom were married and had successful careers.

'Although some of the suspects ceased all contact with the girl when they discovered her age, many didn’t and they have been punished appropriately for their crimes.

'The scale of the data analysed to reach such a conclusion is matched only by the determination and dedication of the investigation team and our safeguarding partners all of whom acted in close partnership. I am very proud of their efforts in what was a difficult investigation.

'We all have a responsibility to ensure our children are safe and to that end North Yorkshire Police works with numerous agencies to educate professionals, parents and children to safeguard children from harm.'

One man is still awaiting sentence, one has received a community order while others have been cautioned.

The 12 men who were convicted were banned from working with children for life and placed on the sex offenders register.

Claude Knights, chief executive of national child safety charity Kidscape, said: 'These are very, very serious crimes. I think this case reinforces the message that parents should talk to their children about their online activity and should increase their own knowledge of the internet.'

THE 12 MEN WHO COMMITTED SEXUAL OFFENCES INVOLVING THE CHILD





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As is standard on TSR, by looking at their names and race, we can deduce that many of them may be Christians (obviously not true Christians).

Overall though, this is pretty shocking stuff. I think the sentences are also very light.

As is standard on TSR, by looking at their names and race, we can deduce that many of them may be Christians (obviously not true Christians).

Overall though, this is pretty shocking stuff. I think the sentences are also very light.

As awful as this is why is the fact that they're white explicitly mentioned in the title of the thread? It's even capitalized.

its a point being made about the racial aspect to un-related cases.. papers reporting stories saying '12 muslim mean beat up a young girl' etc.. and how crimes are often reported with racial information that is not related to the crime.. but is only their to sell stories and raise public racial tension..

Yeah, it's like a racial aspect, except Islam isn't a race. Simpleton.

Hard to say how light they are without knowing which 'sexual offences' they are, some are at 6 years which is quite a bit.

Probably a mix of Christian and atheist/agnostic given recent census data, though not sure how it's relevant. If they are Christians depends on how you define 'true', fairly certain plenty of Priests have been caught doing similar things in the past.

its a point being made about the racial aspect to un-related cases.. papers reporting stories saying '12 muslim mean beat up a young girl' etc.. and how crimes are often reported with racial information that is not related to the crime.. but is only their to sell stories and raise public racial tension..

I really don't think sexual assault should be used to score brownie points in some vendetta against right wing media.

As is standard on TSR, by looking at their names and race, we can deduce that many of them may be Christians (obviously not true Christians).

Overall though, this is pretty shocking stuff. I think the sentences are also very light.