John Davies, 45, had planned to stay at a mother’s home in order to sexually abuse her schoolgirl daughter, with a court hearing he sent the woman a series of sickening messages
A mum arranged to rape her 12-year-old daughter with a convicted paedophile and invited him to stay in her home while her husband was away. She had been sent several messages from John Davies, 45, while the pair planned for him to stay at her address, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard.
Davies had outlined his intentions to the Birmingham girl’s mother, sickeningly claiming her child would be “sore by the end of the week”. The man had also told the mother what underwear the schoolgirl should be wearing when he visited, while also sending images of his collection of sex toys.
However, the scheme never unfolded as police arrested the man in his Staffordshire home before the arranged meeting occurred. It was at this point that the force found the messages he had sent to the mum.
Police also reportedly found 132 indecent images of children at category A on Davies’ phone, which is the most serious type of such images. The phone also contained 35 category B images and 77 at category C.
Stoke-on-Trent Live reported that prosecutor Josh Daley said: “The images showed young girls, aged six to nine, being raped and in pain. The defendant was asked what age he likes and he said, ‘Ideally seven to 10 being f*****’. He used 15 instant messaging services and he used usernames without informing the police.”
Judge Graeme Smith said that in his view Davies was “undoubtedly dangerous”, adding that additional degradation and humiliation was intended to the victim by the use of sex toys.
He said: “You discussed at length in disgustingly graphic detail what you intended to do to the woman’s 12-year-old daughter.”
Staffordshire Police said in a statement on Wednesday, May 28, that its Public Protection Unit carried out an investigation on the paedophile after receiving intelligence that he had breached a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) in April 2024.
The force added that Davies had been jailed after being convicted of nine child sexual offences.
He had previously pleaded guilty in May 2024 to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, distributing an indecent photograph of a child, three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and three counts of breaching a SHPO.
A jury later found him guilty of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, namely the rape of a child under 13.
The 45-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Tuesday, May 27. He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.
Detective Constable Nathalie Connolly, who led the case against Davey, said: “I am pleased that we have been able to deliver a positive outcome on this case.
“I hope this sentencing shows that we are committed to tackling child sex offences and keeping children across Staffordshire safe.”