Liam Bacon, a Queensbury Paedophile, has been incarcerated for soliciting his teenage victim to email him photographs of herself in only her pants in exchange for money.
Upon the arrest of 31-year-old Liam Bacon, law enforcement officials scrutinised his mobile phones and discovered 49 obscene photos of minors, including one of a girl who had been coerced into sending it to him.
The teenager, who must not be identified for legal reasons, said Liam Bacon’s offending against her had caused her serious anxiety and she still suffered “night terrors” when she tried to sleep.
Bradford Crown Court heard on Thursday that the girl had been forced to give evidence before Liam Bacon’s trial, but on the day of, he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and making indecent images of children.
Prosecutor Gareth Henderson-Moore told the court Bacon had sexually assaulted the girl in 2022, and then went on to ask her if she wanted to make some money by doing some bikini modelling in the woods. The girl refused and thought it was “weird”, but during further exchanges, Liam Bacon offered her £15 for “naked bum” photos and £30 for images of her in her knickers.
Again the girl refused, but after Liam Bacon began to threaten her she eventually sent him photos of “sex faces” and he paid £35 into her bank account. After more threats, she sent a photograph of herself in her underwear, and he later paid £30 into her account after she left him a pair of her knickers.
Liam Bacon, of Micklemoss Drive, Queensbury, had no previous convictions for sexual offending, but he will now have to register as a sex offender with police for the rest of his life. He was jailed for 34 months and told he must also comply with a five-year restraining order which bans him from contacting the complainant and he must also comply with the terms of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.
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