Snapchat paedophile jailed for trying to groom three girls – Sussex News

A paedophile who tried to groom three girls – two of them just 10 years old – using Snapchat and Instagram social media platforms has been jailed for four years. Mikey Winchester, 25, of Gibbon Road, Newhaven, was jailed by Judge Christine Laing, the honorary recorder of Brighton and Hove, last Wednesday (17 December). Sussex Police said: “A Newhaven man who posed as a teenage girl on social media to groom several young girls has been jailed. “Mikey Winchester, 25, of Gibbon Road, in Newhaven, targeted three girls – two aged 10, one aged 13 – on Snapchat and Instagram in 2022 and 2023. “Sussex Police first became aware of Winchester’s offending from another police force in May 2023. “The force had received reports from two 10-year-old girls who had been approached by a Snapchat user using the name ‘avadunn2.0’. “The account known as ‘Ava’ was in fact Winchester pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. “Winchester sent both victims explicit images before asking them to send explicit images of themselves in return. “Both victims had clearly stated they were young children in the chat with Winchester. “The messages were discovered on both children’s phones and the Snapchat account was traced
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