January 2018 Sheffield man who sexted schoolgirl jailed for 32 months A 28-year-old man from Sheffield has been sentenced to 32-months in prison after admitting sending sexually inappropriate messages to a schoolgirl from the South Yorkshire city. Liam Lyndon Devere appeared before Sheffield Crown Court on Thursday December 28 where he was sentenced after pleading guilty to causing/inciting a girl aged between 13 and 15-years old to engage in sexual activity. The court heard how Devere sent his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, sent sexually explicit communication in a bid to commit sexual offences against her.