A PAEDOPHILE who admitted nine child sex offences will be sentenced for abusing a child and possessing extreme pornography.
He was also caught discussing the sexual abuse of children in a chat log on the social media site Telegram.
Kyle Hughes, 31, of Trilleck Avenue, Hereford, will be sentenced on August 21 at Worcester Crown Court after admitting a total of 10 offences at Hereford Magistrates’ Court on July 24, including one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a boy under the age of 13 and one count of attempting to cause him to engage in sexual activity.
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He also made and distributed pornographic images of children, published an obscene article and breached sexual harm prevention order, pleading guilty to three counts of making images, one count of distributing images, one count of publishing an obscene article and two counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order.
He admitted a further charge of possessing two extreme pornographic images portraying an act of intercourse with an animal.
The court heard how Hughes’ campaign of abuse, which took place in Hereford was exposed after 10 years of offending.
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