Overview
- Scott Cameron, 41, received a total of 13 years' imprisonment at Liverpool Crown Court on March 8, 2026, comprising 12 years for recent offences and a consecutive 12-month term for a historical offence.
- A jury previously convicted him of 10 offences including six counts of sexual activity with a child, sexual communication with a child, meeting a child following grooming, and two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
- He also pleaded guilty on February 27, 2026, to a separate early‑2000s count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, reflecting a pattern of offending.
- Prosecutors detailed how he used a phone number from a 'childish' thank‑you card left after a school visit to contact a 13‑year‑old, posed as a colleague, coerced bikini and nude images with threats, and arranged meetings that became sexual, including in his partner’s car.
- Judge David Swinnerton said Cameron showed no remorse and posed a high risk to children; he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life, given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and restraining orders, and had been suspended and then dismissed by Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service after his February 2024 arrest.