Paedophile back in jail over nude photos hunt

Keith Stobbart has a "bad record" of sex offences against children

A convicted paedophile has been jailed again after he asked a 13-year-old girl online for naked images.

Keith Stobbart, 66, had a "bad" history of child sex offences, Newcastle Crown Court heard, with probation officers saying he posed a "high risk" to children.

Stobbart, of no fixed address but who lived in Sunderland, was jailed for two years and eight months after he admitted four offences including engaging in sexual communications with a child.

He repeatedly targeted younger teenage girls who posted videos on TikTok of themselves miming to songs, the court heard.

Stobbart was jailed for six years in 2008 and made subject of a sexual offences order after being convicted of eight counts of indecently assaulting a child and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, prosecutor Cole Cockburn said.

In November 2022 Stobbart messaged a 13-year-old girl on TikTok and, despite knowing her age, asked for naked pictures of her, the court was told.

'Predatory behaviour'

Not only was that an offence but it also put him in breach of previous court orders, which he had also breached before, the court heard.

In December 2022 he made sexual comments beneath a video of a 14-year-old girl dancing, in which he talked about wanting to make her pregnant, Mr Cockburn said.

On a risk management visit to his home, police found four images of a naked woman with a child's head superimposed and a Facebook account which Stobbart had not registered with the force which was another breach of his court order, Mr Cockburn said.

Judge Penny Moreland said Stobbart had a "bad record of sexual offending".

She said a probation officer who reviewed Stobbart concluded he had an "entrenched pattern that causes concerns" with "predatory behaviour" and he posed a "high risk of serious harm to children".

Stobbart admitted two counts of breaching court orders, engaging in sexual communications with a child and making indecent images of children.