By James Simons-
A man from Norfolk has been jailed for his role in arranging the sexual exploitation of a teenager.
Trevor Webb was jailed for 22 months and told that he must also sign on the sex offenders’ register for the next 10 years.
Trevor Webb, 38, met the victim online and she was then taken to hotels and other addresses in King’s Lynn where she had sexual encounters with other men.
The prosecution told Lynn Magistrates’ Court that manipulative Webb made cash deposits totalling almost £2,000, believed to have been proceeds from prostitution.
Norwich Crown Court heard that the teenager whom Webb met online, was made to perform acts with other men she did not know, and Webb allegedly received cash payments for those acts.
Prosecutor described some of those encounters as very concerning”, in that they had gone “beyond what had been agreed”.
Webb, of Dobby Drive, King’s Lynn, was sentenced after previously admitting two counts of arranging to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child between February and April 2018.
The pervert also previously admitted making an indecent image of a child between January and June 2018.
His barrister , Stephen Spence, described his perverted client as ” essentially a man of good character”, who had suffered a “significant and substantial” delay in the case.
He said: “He’s had these proceedings hanging over him for some three years now” adding that he had now signed off work as a result of being unwell due to it.
Mr Spence added: “This is a man who has suffered, not insignificantly, by not knowing what his fate was.”
His barrister’s defense of him, though typical of his job and professional, was laughable when presented as a man of good character.
Judge Bacon said she accepted he had entered guilty pleas and that there had been delays in the case due to necessary research into the case and the pandemic, but insisted a custodial sentence was necessary.
Webb was also made the subject of a restraining order, meaning he cannot contact the victim directly, or indirectly until further order.
He must also sign on the sex offenders’ register for the next 10 years.