Man jailed for 'disturbing' child sex plot

Salvatore Zizzari was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday

A man who plotted to sexually abuse children has been jailed for 10 years.

Salvatore Zizzari started talking to another adult who he thought both shared his "depraved fantasies" and could make them happen, Nottinghamshire Police said.

Not knowing he was speaking to an undercover officer who recorded him, Zizzari was arrested after agreeing to meet them at a pub in West Bridgford on 30 October 2024.

The 33-year-old, of Langley, Peterborough, was found guilty of three counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence and four counts of making indecent images of children.

As well as the prison sentence, Zizzari was also handed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and an indefinite place on the sex offenders register when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday.

'Dangerous individual'

Det Con Rich Cashmore, of the internet child exploitation team, said Zizzari's plans were both "disturbing and disgusting", adding: "He shared his depraved fantasies online with someone he believed could make them a reality and was a likeminded individual."

"When Zizzari then travelled to Nottingham to discuss his perverse plans further, an undercover officer met with him and secretly recorded what he said.

"That police operation gathered all the evidence needed to capture Zizzari and convince a jury of his guilt, when he inexplicably decided to deny doing anything wrong.

"Zizzari is a dangerous individual who is now rightly serving a custodial sentence, and countless children have been safeguarded as a result."