{"id":1958935,"date":"2026-05-27T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958935"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:15:43","slug":"birmingham-snapchat-child-sex-abuser-jailed-for-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1958935","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Snapchat child sex abuser jailed for 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Edmonds, 25, pretended to be a 15-year-old boy to gain the trust of girls he went on to abuse<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A paedophile who groomed girls on Snapchat before meeting them for sex has been jailed for 15 years and seven months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Luke Edmonds, 25, formerly from Rubery, met up with four girls aged between 13 and 15 that he had been talking to on the social media app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When police analysed his phone, they found a total of 700 indecent images and videos, including of him engaging in sexual activity with children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Edmonds was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 19 May after pleading guilty to counts of sexual activity with a child, making and possessing indecent photographs of a child, sexual communication with a child and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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West Midlands Police said a review of the offender’s Snapchat account revealed his profile stated he was a 15-year-old boy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The force found about 400 message threads in which he was targeting teenage girls, lying about his age to win their trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He met up with girls in Bristol, South Wales, Chester and Scotland, and even produced a photocopy of a fake passport on one occasion, pretending he was 18.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Sickening demands’<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Edmonds was arrested last October after police executed a warrant to search his home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Det Con Adrian Jackson said the Snapchat messages revealed a pattern of offending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“[He] would gain their trust through expressing his love for them before bombarding them with sickening demands day and night,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Edmonds was a prolific offender who had a fascination with underage girls.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He praised the bravery of Edmond’s victims in coming forward to report his crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Follow BBC Birmingham on <\/i>BBC Sounds<\/i>, <\/i>Facebook<\/i>, <\/i>X<\/i> and <\/i>Instagram<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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