ALAN LUDAR-SMITH SENTENCED IN NORWICH FOR SEX OFFENCES AND TAKES ILL IN COURT
A convicted sex offender, Alan Ludar-Smith, aged 46, experienced a medical emergency after being sentenced at Norwich Crown Court.He was assisted in the dock following his receiving a sentence of three years and four months.
Ludar-Smith, who admitted multiple sex offences, had previously asked a young girl online to send a sexually explicit photo of her younger sister, who was said to be just four years old.
Investigations revealed that he possessed indecent images of children and had shared these images with at least one other person.
Prosecutor Edward Renvoize stated that Ludar-Smith was already a convicted sex offender, and the recent offences were uncovered after police protection officers found indecent images on his phone.
Further inspection of his phone and laptop uncovered more than 100 images categorized as the most severe level of indecency.
Mr.
Renvoize explained that authorities also discovered that Ludar-Smith had engaged in sexualized conversations with two girls under 16.
During these chats, he asked one girl to send photographs of her younger sister, whom he believed to be around four years old.
Additionally, he had requested to meet one of the girls in person and offered to pay her travel expenses.
Ludar-Smith, of no fixed address, admitted to charges including attempting to incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage a child in sexual acts, downloading and distributing indecent images, possessing extreme pornographic material, and possessing prohibited images.
Judge Maureen Bacon sentenced him to imprisonment and lifetime registration as a sex offender.
She described his sexual interests as unhealthy, noting that it remains uncertain whether the girls he communicated with were real or not but emphasizing that he had asked a girl to send a picture of her younger sister, allegedly four years old.
The judge highlighted the seriousness of his attempt to cause a child to engage in a sexual act.
Philip Farr, representing Ludar-Smith, stated that his client was isolated and unaware of the severity of his actions.
He characterized the offences as attempts rather than direct contact, implying a lesser degree of harm.
