Overview
- The defendants were convicted of arranging or facilitating a child sex offence after a two-week trial that established they planned abuse through online contact.
- The woman met Christopher Brownhill on a dating site in 2017, sent photos of her one-year-old daughter and agreed to bring the child to a meeting Brownhill had sought.
- A police investigation began after an intelligence tip-off and, following arrests, the pair were found guilty and sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday, June 12, 2026, with Brownhill jailed for 11 years and the mother for six years.
- The court heard there was no recorded in-person meeting or proven physical abuse but that both showed clear intent to facilitate harm and that Brownhill had discussed abusing other infants with a second woman.
- Sentencing included lifetime placement on the Sex Offenders Register and Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, the child has been cut off from her mother, and West Mercia Police urged the public to report concerns about child exploitation.