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Stockton Man Jailed for Six Years for Attempting to Watch Child Rape Livestream in Police Sting

The sentence followed an Operation Sentinel investigation led by NEROCU with ERSOU support.

Overview

  • John McAdams, 65, was arrested at his Rollesby Way home after logging in to a supposed livestream arranged by an undercover officer.
  • The offences took place between September 12 and October 9 last year during messages about abusing a fictional 10-year-old.
  • He pleaded guilty on January 5 to arranging a child sex offence, attempting sexual communication with a child, making and distributing indecent images, and possessing extreme images of animals.
  • Judge Nathan Adams at Teesside Crown Court also imposed a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
  • Investigators seized devices containing indecent images of children and animals, and he must sign the sex offenders’ register for life.