Paedophile Adrian Parker, 53, of Cameron Close, Stratton St Margaret, appeared at Swindon Crown Court and pleaded guilty to two charges of arranging/facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.
Adrian Parker has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register and has been incarcerated. He is scheduled for sentencing on December 4.
In August, Adrian Parker participated in an online conversation with a woman, during which he arranged to engage in sexual acts involving her six-year-old and four-month-old child.
Adrian Parker had acquired a Barbie car toy as a present for the six-year-old, which authorities discovered after his detention.
Nevertheless, he had been conversing with an undercover cop. Adrian Parker thought that these particular children existed, despite their nonexistence.
Investigator Beccy Scott of the Child Internet Exploitation Team (CIET) said: “I have no doubt that Adrian Parker had every intention to carry out these depraved crimes against vulnerable children.
“Here is a man with a clear sexual preoccupation with pre-pubescent children who has purposefully used the internet to seek out children or adults with access to children.
“Adrian Parker poses a significant risk to children and I welcome this guilty plea and his inclusion onto the sex offenders register.
“I would like to take this opportunity to remind any like minded individuals that the Child Internet Exploitation Team will work tirelessly to safeguard children and bring offenders to justice.
“If you are concerned about your own use of the internet or inappropriate thoughts or behaviour about children please seek help from support agencies such as the Lucy Faithful Foundation before you become our next knock at the door.”
DS Becky Tadd from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) said: “We’re grateful to our colleagues at Wiltshire Police for progressing the investigation into Parker’s abhorrent activities. This was an excellent joint operation against a highly dangerous sexual predator.
“Although he was never in a position to carry out these appalling crimes, it was obvious from correspondence that he fully intended to. Adrian Parker is now behind bars where he can no longer pose a risk to children.
“Tarian Regional Organised Crime Unit continue to work relentlessly to protect the most vulnerable in our communities and this case reaffirms our ethos that online offenders will be held accountable for their actions.”
Anybody who suspects a person of carrying out child sexual exploitation, or who thinks someone they know has been a victim, or may be soon, is asked to visit https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/caa/child-abuse/how-to-report-possible-child-abuse/ or call the non-emergency number, 101.
UPDATE 16.04.25
Adrian Parker, 53, of Cameron Close, Stratton St Margaret, appeared at Swindon Crown Court on Friday (11/04) and pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of a child and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal.
These offences took place in August 2024.
Parker was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He is already serving a 33-month sentence for arranging to commit a child sex offence after pleading guilty at the end of last year.
He is also required to register with the police in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and will be the subject of a DEPO which will see Parker’s phone and tablet that was seized destroyed.
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