March 2015 Bexhill man imprisoned for sexually exploiting two young girls A Bexhill man has been sent to prison for sexually exploiting two young girls. Luke Heasmer, 35, of Glenburn Close, Bexhill, appeared at Hove Crown Court on Tuesday (31 March) having pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, two offences of inciting another girl aged between 13 and 17 to engage in prostitution and pornography, and theft of an SD memory card. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment, will be a Registered Sex Offender for life, and was served with a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) for life, severely restricting his access to children and computers. The prosecution, authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, followed an investigation by detectives from the Sussex Police Serious Organised Crime Unit into intelligence that Heasmer had been using Facebook to incite the girls into indecent conversation, and was asking them to become involved in prostitution for him. Detective Constable Danny Swietlik said; “We learned that Heasmer had contacted both girls, engaged in sexually explicit exchanges with them, and asked if they would meet other men for payment. “Fortunately they declined, and we were then able to intervene and to ensure that he was no longer in a position to carry on with any such contact. “His guilty pleas also meant that the girls did not have to give evidence against him in court.