Paedophile caught reoffending by undercover police

Nicholas Stubley pleaded guilty to child sex offences after arranging a meet up to abuse a child

A registered sex offender who arranged to meet up with a dad so he could sexually abuse his child, not knowing he was actually talking to an undercover police officer, has been jailed again.

Nicholas Stubley, 59, was previously handed a four-year jail term in 2017 for child sex offences.

In September, Stubley from Lancaster, expressed a sexual interest in teens and arranged the meeting at a motorway services, the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit said.

Stubley, who pleaded guilty, was given a six-year jail term at Preston Crown Court for child sex offences and breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).

He was also sentenced to a five-year extended licence, an indefinite registration on the sex offenders' register and an indefinite SHPO.

Stubley was arrested in October and subsequently admitted arranging the commission of child sex offences, possessing indecent images of a child and two counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

Det Con Becky Murrell said: "Stubley used a messaging platform to have private conversations where he expressed his desire to meet and abuse a child.

"This case highlights the ongoing threat posed by individuals like Stubley, who seek to exploit and harm children."