MOHAMED ADIA FROM BOLTON SENTENCED FOR SEXUAL CHAT WITH UNDERCOVER COPS INVOLVING CHILDREN
In June 2021, Mohamed Adia, a resident of Bolton, was sentenced to 28 months in prison after engaging in explicit sexual conversations with undercover police officers who were posing as underage girls.The case revealed disturbing details about Adia’s online behavior and his attempts to solicit inappropriate images and discussions from what he believed to be young teenagers.
Adia, who lived at home with his elderly mother following the tragic murder of his father in 2002, turned to internet chat rooms as a means of seeking out what he thought were underage girls.
Over a period of approximately two months, beginning in September 2019, he befriended two fictional characters named Lucy, aged 13, and Ria, aged 12, both created by police officers to lure suspects into incriminating conversations.
These characters were not real children but were part of an undercover operation conducted by law enforcement.
The Bolton Crown Court heard that Adia’s interactions with these online personas quickly became sexualized.
During the chats, he repeatedly asked for photographs of the girls in their school uniforms and even requested one of them to take pictures at her actual school.
His conversations also included detailed descriptions of sexual acts, with Adia urging Ria to perform certain acts on herself and demanding that she report back to him the next day about her actions.
Additionally, he expressed curiosity about their underwear and discussed the possibility of arranging a physical meeting to engage in sexual activity.
Prosecutor Julian Goode explained that police first identified Adia, who was using the alias Salim, when they created a profile for Lucy on the Kik messenger app.
He then added her to Skype, where the conversations became increasingly explicit.
At one point, Adia openly admitted to feeling constantly horny, indicating his sexual interest in the fictional minors.
Throughout the exchanges, he instructed the girls to delete their conversations and warned them not to tell anyone about their interactions, highlighting his awareness of the illicit nature of his actions.
Police investigations revealed that Adia ceased communication with the girls in November 2019.
However, he was arrested in January of the following year.
During the court proceedings, he pleaded guilty to three counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of attempting to have a sexual conversation with a minor.
The court, presided over by Judge Smith, sentenced Adia to a prison term of 28 months.
As part of his sentence, he will be registered as a sex offender and will be subject to a sexual harm prevention order for the next ten years, ensuring ongoing monitoring and restrictions to prevent further offenses.
