Overview
- Terri Cook, 38, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years at Minshull Street Crown Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to eight sexual offences.
- Greater Manchester Police opened a child protection probe in September 2025 after a member of the public reported seeing her with the boy.
- Investigators found messages that incited sexual communications, indecent images of the child, and a pattern of expensive gifts over about nine months.
- The boy’s mother told the court the abuse robbed her son of his easy joy and will shape his life for years.
- GMP’s Child Protection Investigation Unit pointed to the case as proof of its approach, noted a 14.3% solved outcome rate, and urged victims to seek help from regional services.