A man from Oldham has been jailed after he groomed and exploited a teenage girl online.
Thomas Johnstone (aged 23), of Walter Mills Way in Oldham, was sentenced yesterday (Tuesday) at Manchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to meeting a child following sexual grooming with the intention of engaging in penetrative sexual activity and causing and inciting a child to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity.
He was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order has been imposed.
He will also be required to sign the Sex Offender’s Register for a period of 10 years.
In March 2020, Johnstone began communicating with his victim online and these conversations were sexual from the very beginning.