January 2017 Mother jailed for planning sex attack on own daughter with paedophile A woman who plotted to let a paedophile rape her seven-year-old daughter has been jailed for nine years. The mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, planned a sex attack on the girl with Stuart Bailey in a series of “depraved” text messages, Cardiff Crown Court heard. She also sent the 54-year-old a naked picture of the youngster and bought sleeping pills to drug her. The court heard that the pair exchanged dozens of messages and the offences only came to light when the woman’s partner found the messages on her phone and reported her. Bailey, who was jailed for a total of 13 years, and the woman were found guilty of conspiracy to rape a girl aged under 13 after a trial in December. Bailey, of Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, South Wales, was also convicted of encouraging the distribution of indecent photographs of a child and encouraging the sexual assault of a child by another woman. At an earlier hearing the woman admitted distributing five indecent images of a child and Bailey admitted possessing those images. The judge, Recorder of Cardiff Eleri Rees QC, said Bailey was “prolific” in contacting a number of women on the dating website Plenty Of Fish. She said a “pattern emerged” whereby Bailey quickly turned to talking about “perverted and unlawful” sexual activity, seeing how far he could push the women. “The discussion, unless cut short by the women, would then escalate to you encouraging them to (engage in) sexual activity with children, she said. Officers began investigating in June last year after the mother’s then partner found “to his disgust” the messages and she was arrested, Judge Rees added. The investigation led to Bailey, who, it was discovered, was having similar discussions with other women. Judge Rees said of the pair: “You met once face to face for sex. During that encounter you, Bailey, saw a photograph of (the woman’s daughter).” The mother later posed her daughter naked in the bath, exposing her genitals, to take pictures to send to Bailey. Another image showed the girl in school uniform with her underwear exposed, the court heard. Judge Rees added that the pair claimed they never had any intent to carry out the content of their “depraved discussions of a perverted sexual nature”. The mother, who was described as “vulnerable and gullible” by Judge Rees, asked Bailey at one point what she would get out of the plan to rape her daughter and Bailey responded by mentioning sums of £200 to £300. The pair planned to rape the girl during the Whitsun school holiday and talked about drugging her. Judge Rees said that despite speaking to her GP, who advised against giving a child melatonin, the mother went ahead and bought some online. “By your own admission you tried it out a week before the rape was due to take place,” she added. Both defendants were made the subject of sexual harm prevention orders and given one year of additional licence to serve. December 2016 Mother found guilty of plotting to let paedophile rape her daughter A mum has been found guilty of plotting to let a paedophile rape her seven-year-old daughter. Stuart Bailey, 54, and the mother – who cannot be named – planned the sex attack on the girl in a series of text messages. A court heard the mum also sent Bailey a naked photo of her daughter and bought sleeping tablets to drug her. Bailey and the mother exchanged dozens of “horrific” messages and phone calls plotting the sexual assault of the seven-year-old. Prosecutor Jim Davis said Bailey sent the mother messages asking her to “tart up” her daughter and asked “can we abuse her?”, and “does she have a short skirt?”. Mr Davis read the messages from Bailey to Cardiff Crown Court. They included: “Let me do as I please.” And: “What is she wearing? Is she in school uniform?” The court heard Bailey and the mum were caught when the woman’s partner found the messages on her phone and called police. Bailey denied any wrongdoing and told the court he “got a thrill” out of sending “vile and disgusting” messages. He told the jury: “It was a thrill waiting for the reaction they gave me. “Some things I would think of in the night to text in the morning to see their reaction. “They could be vile and disgusting things to see how far I could push them. The mother claimed that she was being blackmailed and bullied by Bailey and threatened her with physical violence. Bailey and the woman were found guilty of conspiracy to rape a child under 13. Bailey, of Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, was also found guilty of encouraging the distribution of indecent photographs of a child, and encouraging the sexual assault of a child. The judge, Recorder of Cardiff Eleri Rees QC remanded the pair in custody ahead of sentence next year.