Littlethorpe man used Snapchat for 'sexual communications' with girl | The Northern Echo

A MAN from North Yorkshire has been jailed after using Snapchat to attempt to engage a teenage girl in sexual communication. David Wesling, 48, from Littlethorpe Lane in Littlethorpe, near Ripon, has been found guilty of attempting to engage a 13-year-old girl in sexual communications – for which he has been jailed for 32 months. Wesling’s behaviour was identified after he engaged with a child profile on Snapchat. The defendant has pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, facilitating the offence of sexual activity in the presence of a child, causing them to watch a sexual act and breaching a sexual harm prevention order. olice officers said the incidents occurred between April 27 and May 16 this year. Investigating officer, Detective Constable Kerri Jones, of North Yorkshire Police’s Online Child Abuse Team, said: “This is not the first time that Wesling has attempted to have sexual communications with a child. “He is already a convicted ‘Registered Sex Offender’, after being found guilty of similar offences in 2019 when he was jailed for 12 months and issued with a ‘Sexual Harm Prevention Order’. Read next Maya Louise Chappell: New trial date set after girl’s death B&M garden centre and
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