February 2016 Pervert attempted to sexually exploit children – Jailed A man who attempted to sexually exploit children has been jailed. Ryan Howley (14/02/94) of Top O’The Close Road, Todmorden, pleaded guilty to inciting a child to commit sexual activity and attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming at an earlier hearing. Today, Friday 12 February 2016, he was sentenced to three years in prison, placed on a indefinite sex offenders registration and has received a sexual offences prevention order indefinitely at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. Between November 2014 and April 2015 Howley separately contacted children who were aged twelve and thirteen in the Rochdale and Todmorden areas using messaging on social media He was aware of the children’s age and sent them numerous sexual messages. He asked them to go shopping with him, or for a drive. In one message he asked a twelve year-old girl to send an indecent image of herself to him but the girl refused. He continued to contact the children even when they asked him to stop. Howley also followed children down the street in his car and approached a twelve year old girl asking her to have sex with him. The children told their parents and police were alerted.  Howley was arrested on 23 June 2015