The Horsham Paedophile from Sussex, Gavin West, has pleaded guilty to 6 child sexual abuse charges including:
1 x Attempt to arrange/facilitate offence of cause/incite child to engage in sexual activity penetration
1 x Engage in sexual communication with a child
3 x Make indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child
1 x Possess extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal
The victim has lifelong anonymity.
Gavin West is due to be sentenced on 13.06.25 and remains on unconditional bail until that time.
Gavin West is known to hang around in public areas of East Grinstead and Crawley, so beware.
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