Overview

• Using a Snapchat profile named “Jamie_jones6968,” Simon Clark pretended to be a 14-year-old boy to solicit sexual images from girls aged 10 to 15.
• Police investigations of four devices uncovered chat logs and videos documenting explicit communications with 26 victims over nine months.
• Clark pleaded guilty to 29 offences, including inciting children under 13 to engage in sexual activity and making indecent images of children across three categories.
• He has been barred by restraining orders from contacting his victims and faces lifetime registration on the sex offenders’ register.
• The NSPCC called on social media platforms to strengthen age verification and monitoring to prevent offenders from targeting children online.