JORDAN YARDLEY SENTENCED IN LIVINGSTON FOR SEX OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN
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Livingston Child Sexual Abuser
Jordan Yardley, already serving time for his disturbing obsession with children, has been sentenced to an additional 17 and a half months following a police raid on his Livingston residence. Yardley, a serial sexual predator with a fixation on prepubescent minors linked to his interest in computer games, appeared at Livingston Sheriff Court and pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
During a routine check on February 25th of the previous year, officers discovered the 25-year-old had deleted 94 indecent images from his computer after viewing them at his home. Among these images, 11 were classified as Category A, depicting penetrative sexual acts involving children or adults. An additional 17 images showed non-penetrative acts such as solo masturbation, while the remaining 65 portrayed children in erotic poses without involving sexual activity, aged between four and 13 years.
Yardley was previously subjected to a 39-month extended prison sentence handed down in March 2019—27 months custodial and 12 months supervision post-release—which he breached by committing this new offence. He had been recalled to prison after being caught downloading these illicit images and was due for release next week, on March 9.
Sheriff Frank Crowe described Yardley as a sad individual, noting he had no hobbies apart from playing computer games. He remarked, “It seems a very short step from computer games to prepubescent pornography. That’s been a recurrent theme. He seems to focus on children under 13, and you can’t lead a normal life with that at the back of your mind. It’s just not natural.” The Sheriff further commented on Yardley’s social withdrawal, stating, “He can’t give any explanation, and it’s just a complete vacuum. He just seems very alone and anti-social.”
Passing sentence, Sheriff Crowe acknowledged Yardley’s age and stated that if it were a standalone case, a community sentence might have sufficed. However, he pointed out preceding convictions dating back to 2015, and criticized Yardley’s social work report as lacking hope, noting he had no other interests besides computer games, which appeared to fuel his obsession with child pornography.
The Sheriff warned Yardley to engage in positive activities such as sports or hobbies while in prison and expressed concern that relapsing into harmful behaviors upon release was likely. Due to the Covid pandemic and the resulting unavailability of intensive social work intervention, the Sheriff concluded that only a custodial sentence could sufficiently protect the public.
Yardley’s criminal history includes a 2018 conviction for sending inappropriate messages to what he believed was a 12-year-old girl, offering to teach her about sex in the woods. He was caught after sexting and arranging to meet her; the encounter was streamed live by paedophile hunters. At the time, he was also serving a community sentence for possessing indecent images acquired in 2016 and was a registered sex offender.
During the investigation, Yardley expressed no remorse, messaging the decoy that age “was not an issue” and stating he was a paedophile, indifferent to the fact. His continuous pattern of offending underscores his dangerous proclivities and the threat he poses to the community.
During a routine check on February 25th of the previous year, officers discovered the 25-year-old had deleted 94 indecent images from his computer after viewing them at his home. Among these images, 11 were classified as Category A, depicting penetrative sexual acts involving children or adults. An additional 17 images showed non-penetrative acts such as solo masturbation, while the remaining 65 portrayed children in erotic poses without involving sexual activity, aged between four and 13 years.
Yardley was previously subjected to a 39-month extended prison sentence handed down in March 2019—27 months custodial and 12 months supervision post-release—which he breached by committing this new offence. He had been recalled to prison after being caught downloading these illicit images and was due for release next week, on March 9.
Sheriff Frank Crowe described Yardley as a sad individual, noting he had no hobbies apart from playing computer games. He remarked, “It seems a very short step from computer games to prepubescent pornography. That’s been a recurrent theme. He seems to focus on children under 13, and you can’t lead a normal life with that at the back of your mind. It’s just not natural.” The Sheriff further commented on Yardley’s social withdrawal, stating, “He can’t give any explanation, and it’s just a complete vacuum. He just seems very alone and anti-social.”
Passing sentence, Sheriff Crowe acknowledged Yardley’s age and stated that if it were a standalone case, a community sentence might have sufficed. However, he pointed out preceding convictions dating back to 2015, and criticized Yardley’s social work report as lacking hope, noting he had no other interests besides computer games, which appeared to fuel his obsession with child pornography.
The Sheriff warned Yardley to engage in positive activities such as sports or hobbies while in prison and expressed concern that relapsing into harmful behaviors upon release was likely. Due to the Covid pandemic and the resulting unavailability of intensive social work intervention, the Sheriff concluded that only a custodial sentence could sufficiently protect the public.
Yardley’s criminal history includes a 2018 conviction for sending inappropriate messages to what he believed was a 12-year-old girl, offering to teach her about sex in the woods. He was caught after sexting and arranging to meet her; the encounter was streamed live by paedophile hunters. At the time, he was also serving a community sentence for possessing indecent images acquired in 2016 and was a registered sex offender.
During the investigation, Yardley expressed no remorse, messaging the decoy that age “was not an issue” and stating he was a paedophile, indifferent to the fact. His continuous pattern of offending underscores his dangerous proclivities and the threat he poses to the community.