Overview

• Andrew Wall, 42, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court to 22 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years.
• He admitted four counts of attempted sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, linked to online chats from October to December 2023.
• Prosecutors said he sent naked images, shared sexual videos sourced online, claimed to be a porn performer earning £6,500 a day, and urged secrecy from those he believed were 13 or 14.
• Volunteer ‘paedophile hunter’ groups using decoy profiles confronted Wall during a livestream in Meir before Staffordshire Police arrested him and seized devices.
• The sentence includes a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement, 200 hours of unpaid work, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and 10 years on the Sex Offenders’ Register, with mitigation including no prior convictions, remorse, job loss, and engagement with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.