CAMBERLEY MAN JAILED FOR ONLINE CHILD SEX OFFENCES

A man from Camberley, Timothy Evans, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to communicate sexually with a child and planning to engage in sexual activity with her. Evans, aged 43, was sentenced at Chichester Crown Court on Friday, February 14. He had prior convictions from 2022 for communicating sexually with a female under 16 and facilitating a child sex offence. After his release from prison in July last year, he was under strict restrictions including a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and registration requirements which prohibited him from having contact with children. Between September and October of the previous year, Evans engaged in online communication with a profile he believed belonged to a 14-year-old girl named 'Jess'. However, this profile was actually operated by an undercover police officer targeting online predators. Despite realizing the account was of a minor, Evans continued messaging, describing several sexual acts he wished to perform, and discussing plans to meet at a railway station and visit the girl’s home while her parents were out. Police arrested Evans shortly after his last contact with the account and charged him on October 24, 2024. Surrey Police’s paedophile online investigation team (POLIT) described his conduct as 'predatory' and praised the swift action taken to bring him into custody. Police emphasized that the child's safety was not physically compromised during the investigation.