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| Sex offender banned from internet A former postman has been jailed for six months and banned from entering internet chat rooms for sex offences committed via the world wide web. The two-year internet ban imposed on Robert Coleshill, from West Sussex, is thought to be the first order of its kind made by a British judge. The 53-year-old, of Rookwood Close, Uckfield, was caught by a West Midlands Police officer who posed as a 13-year-old boy to gather evidence against him. The father-of-two was seen committing an indecent act into a web cam after meeting the fictitious boy in an internet chat room and was found to have pornographic images of children on his computer when police raided his home. Complaint prompted investigation Sentencing him at Birmingham Crown Court, Mr Justice Taylor told Coleshill would remain on the sex offenders register for seven years and banned him from ever working with children. Coleshill admitted four charges of gross indecency and a further six counts of being in possession of indecent images of children. Four charges of attempting to entice a child to commit gross indecency with him were ordered to lie on file. The court heard how West Midlands Police's paedophile unit launched the investigation against Coleshill in June 2000 following a complaint by a member of the public. Physical contact desire One officer posed as the fictitious teenager, with the log-on name Britney Boy, and began a dialogue with Coleshill. Heidi Kubik, prosecuting, told the court that Coleshill's messages gradually became more sexually explicit in their content. He eventually committed the indecent act into his web cam, sending the images to the undercover detective. Miss Kubik said police decided to arrest Coleshill when he began to express his desire to have physical contact with the teenager. Life 'ruined' "There is no sexual contact but the defendant states his desire to perform sex on the boy," she told the court. Miss Kubik said the messages showed that Coleshill was aware that the boy was under age but thought it did not matter "as long as (they did) not get caught." Following this conversation, detectives visited Coleshill's home and found the images of children aged between 12 and 13 which he had downloaded from a variety of child pornography sites. David Whittaker, defending, said the episode had ruined his client's life. Ban provides deterrent His wife of 21 years, with whom he had two children aged 18 and 16, had already initiated divorce proceedings, he had been sacked from his job and his car had been vandalised after a local newspaper reported his guilty pleas to the charges in December. Coleshill, who had no previous convictions, was now receiving psychiatric help for his behaviour, which he recognised "was not normal", added Mr Whittaker. He urged the court to remember that Coleshill had no intention of making his "cyber fantasies" a reality by having physical contact with the boy. Outside court, Detective Inspector Darren Moore, said: "I believe the order the judge made in banning him from entering an internet chat room is the first one that has been made, so I hope this will also act as a deterrent for future offenders." 19th January 2002 |
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