A 25-year-old Middlesbrough paedophile, Declan Bailey, currently serving a three-year prison sentence for soliciting a girl to send him nude photographs, has received an additional prison sentence for the abuse of a youngster.
Declan Bailey appeared before a judge once more, following revelations that he had severely sexually assaulted a primary school-aged kid prior to targeting a 13-year-old girl.
Declan Bailey perpetrated a series of sexual assaults on the little youngster.
Teesside Crown Court heard that the former Teesside University student abused his victim, now an adult, over 10 years ago. The victim didn’t report what happened to the police until he read about Bailey being jailed for his sexual communications with a young girl, in 2021.
Declan Bailey had targeted his 13-year-old victim on Snapchat, telling her he would rape her if she didn’t send him explicit photos of herself. He was also found to have illegal images and videos showing children being sexually abused, on his phone.
Declan Bailey was jailed for three-years for this in April 2021.
Police then began investigating him over the sexual abuse of the young boy. He initially denied everything but pleaded guilty in October, on the day his trial was due to start.
Declan Bailey, of HMP Durham but previously of Park Road South in Middlesbrough, admitted three counts of the sexual assault of a boy under 13; and three counts of inciting the same boy to engage in sexual activity.
His barrister Nigel Soppitt said he was “on the autistic spectrum and he’s not got a single friend in the world, as a young man.”
Judge Jonathan Carroll told Bailey: “You had reached a stage in life where sexual curiosity had emerged in your mind. You turned these thoughts into physical actions.
“You did so against a young boy, who was in no way wanting, or capable of consenting, to your conduct.
“The risk you represent – the behaviour you demonstrated in your previous crimes and together with these offences – leads me to conclude that you pose a significant risk of causing significant harm. You are a dangerous offender.”
Declan Bailey was jailed for three-years-and-five-months. He was made subject to a lifelong sexual harm prevention order when he was sentenced for paedophile crimes in 2021.
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