Child sex offender sentenced for abuse and abduction

Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 18:07 · Archive

Jake Mattinson-Smith, 26, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court for multiple sexual offences against children and a woman.

Jake Mattinson-Smith, 26, from Cleator Moor, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court for multiple sex offences against children and a woman. He had abused a 14-year-old schoolgirl after meeting her on Snapchat, where he gave a false name and claimed to be aged 15. The girl told him her age and he knew she was a schoolgirl. They met three times, during which he committed eight child sexual activity offences. His deception was discovered when the girl inadvertently phoned Mattinson-Smith and his partner answered.

When police arrested him and examined his phone, they found hundreds of indecent child images and videos, some depicting the abuse of children as young as four. He has admitted downloading these images.

While awaiting sentencing, Mattinson-Smith abducted a woman and held her prisoner through an evening. He repeatedly headbutted her, told her they would die together, talked about getting a machete, and at one point placed a rope around both their necks. The judge ruled that he is a dangerous offender.

How it is being reported

• 'Sadistic' child sex offender subjected woman to 'extended evening of terror'A CHILD sex offender who feared he was going to prison subjected a defenceless woman to “an extended evening of terror” as he held her prisoner.NW Evening Mail · 9 Oct, 17:50
• 'Sadistic' child sex offender subjected woman to 'extended evening of terror'A CHILD sex offender who feared he was going to prison subjected a defenceless woman to “an extended evening of terror” as he held her prisoner.Westmorland Gazette · 9 Oct, 17:50
• 'Sadistic' child sex offender subjected woman to 'extended evening of terror'A CHILD sex offender who feared he was going to prison subjected a defenceless woman to “an extended evening of terror” as he held her prisoner.Whitehaven News · 9 Oct, 16:46
• Child sex offender subjected woman to 'extended evening of terror'A CHILD sex offender who feared he was going to prison subjected a defenceless woman to “an extended evening of terror” as he held her prisoner.Cumberland News · 9 Oct, 16:46

In this story: Jake Mattinson-Smith · Carlisle Crown Court · Cleator Moor · Andrew Gurney

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