May 2014
Pervert jailed for four-and-a-half-years after grooming victims through Facebook and Skype
A man who groomed his young victims through Facebook, Skype and X Box has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Luke Collie from Bournemouth offered gifts to children in return for performing sexual acts and became abusive and used threats when his advances were rejected.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard Dorset Police launched an investigation through POLIT, the Police Online Investigation Team, after being alerted to the 24-year-old’s activities.
Now officers have urged parents to keep a close eye on what their children are doing online.
Sentencing, Judge Peter Johnson said he believes Collie poses a significant risk of further sexual offending and causing harm to children. On release from prison he will spend a further eight years on a dangerous person’s licence under the Criminal Justice Act 2003. A breach of the conditions of this licence can result in an immediate return to prison.
Collie was also given a Sex Offenders Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
