Overview

• Sharpe believed he was coordinating an online livestream of an eight-year-old girl’s abuse but was interacting with an undercover officer from the North East Regional Organised Crime Unit.
• Police raided his locked workplace room in Kensington on May 7 and arrested him as he readied his phone to access the supposed livestream.
• He pleaded guilty in June to arranging the commission of child sex offences after falsely claiming he had intended to expose other abusers to police.
• Southwark Crown Court ruled Sharpe a dangerous offender, sentencing him to 12 years and three months in prison with parole eligibility only after serving two-thirds of his term.
• Authorities incorporated the case into Operation Sentinel and urged anyone with information on online child abuse to report it while highlighting available survivor support services.