A 65-year-old man has been jailed after being found guilty of trying to arrange to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex online.
Paul Jarvis, from Armstrong Road in Retford, admitted in a police interview he sent numerous messages online and by text where he talked about meeting a girl and details of what he would do to her.
However Jarvis did not realise he had been talking to specially trained officers from Nottinghamshire Police on an internet chat forum and claimed he would not have gone through with it.
Officers carried out a search warrant at Jarvis’ home on August 4 2017 and arrested him on suspicion of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.
He denied the charge when he appeared at a trial at Nottingham Crown Court but was unanimously found guilty by the jury on January 31.
Jarvis was jailed for 15 months when he returned to the court for sentencing on Monday (February 19).
He was also made the subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a 10-year notification requirement on the Sex Offenders’ Register.
