October 2021 Paedophile snared by undercover cop posing as 11-year-old girl A Northampton paedophile has been handed a suspended sentence after being caught by an undercover police officer posing as an 11-year-old girl. Charles Mallock, of Wilks Walk, began talking to a person who he believed to be called ‘Abby’ in October of 2017. Northampton Crown Court heard on Thursday (September 30,) a police officer was posing as the 11-year-old and began talking to Mallock online after he initiated a conversation. The court heard the 39-year-old was “directly” told Mallock her age was 11 – but continued to talk to her regardless. Days later the pair moved their conversation to messaging app Kik and the defendant sent non-explicit images to Abby – including one of his face. Later the conversation became sexual and Judge Rebecca Crane heard that the Northampton man was encouraging Abby to touch herself intimately. He said that he would also like to touch her saying “I’ve never done this with someone your age before”. The conversation continued in a sexual nature and the following day he messaged her asking if she had done as he instructed. In December 2017, Northamptonshire Police attended his house and arrested him, seizing a laptop and three phones in the process. They discovered a number of sexual images on his devices including children, one of which was of an infant. The police ranked one image in the most extreme category, seven in the second most severe and 11 in the least serious category. Officers also discovered 21 still and moving sexual images involving animals – one of which had been sent to another person. Mallock claimed that he “did not like underage images” and claimed he had been sent them by his friends. The court heard that there was no evidence of him actively searching for the images. He was later charged and denied the offences at an initial court hearing at Northampton Magistrates Court, before later pleading guilty to five charges including: Inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity Making one category A indecent photographs children Making seven category B indecent photographs of children Making 11 category C indecent photographs of children Making 21 extreme pornographic images with animals dead or alive At a sentencing hearing at Northampton Crown Court today, September 30, Judge Crane sentenced Mallock to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years. Within that time he will have to attend 35 days of the Horizons sex offenders programme, a further 25 rehabilitation requirement days and 100 hours of unpaid work.