Paedophile ex-Labour councillor jailed for 'appalling' online child sex crimes
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A former Labour councillor in the West Midlands has been jailed for a series of "appalling" online child sex offences.Former Dudley councillor Adrian Hughes, 36, was sentenced for 32 months after he sent explicit messages to two accounts he believed were girls aged 12 and 13 between May and June 2025.Both accounts were decoy profiles created by police.Hughes pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child under 13 and with a child aged 13 to 15.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say He previously admitted four offences including attempting to initiate non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13.Police had created the characters of 13-year-old "Lucy" and 12-year-old "Molly" online.Hughes told the undercover officer posing as Lucy she had an "amazing body" - despite the account admitting she was 13.Miss Recorder A Siddiqi told Friday's sentencing hearing: "You thought you were messaging 12 and 13-year-olds, you could have done a great deal of...
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