Harrogate man Dale Michael Tyson posed as North American teenager online to get children to send him naked pictures, court hears
A Harrogate man posed as a teenager from North America in order to get children to send him naked pictures of themselves, a court heard.
Wednesday, 28th April 2021, 6:00 am
Dale Michael Tyson, 30, posed under an alter ego online in order to talk to children in both the UK and America and coerced them into sending graphic sexual images of themselves.
Tyson, of Christina Street, Harrogate, pleaded guilty to seven counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, six counts of making indecent photographs of a child, three counts of intentionally encouraging an offence and sexual communication with a child.