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Online sex crimes against children have surged in the pandemic.
Home Office data has revealed that there were 17,699 online child sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales between April and September last year, the months after the first lockdown.
That represents a 17 per cent increase from 15,183 during the same period in 2019.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
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Paul Armstrong, aged 22, admitted sexual activity with a child; two charges of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity; and attempting to engage in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
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