Sheffield pensioner with plans to meet 14-year-old girl turned up with Viagra
“Thankfully he is now behind bars and no longer able to prey on children.”
A man who spent weeks believing he was speaking online to a 14 -year-old girl was snared by paedophile hunters when he turned up to meet the youngster with a packet of Viagra.
Stephen Greaves was caught by the group at Sheffield railway station on July 26, 2021, planning to meet a girl he had been grooming online.
The 74-year-old had spent weeks sending hundreds of messages but they were actually being read by a paedophile hunter group.
British Transport Police (BTP) were called and arrested Greaves, discovering a blister pack of Viagra he was carrying.
Forensic analysis of his phone uncovered the messages he had sent, which included sexually explicit content and a photo of his genitals.
Greaves, of Park Grange Croft, Norfolk Park, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to a total of five charges, including attempting to meet a child under 16 following grooming.
He admitted attempting to meet a child under 16 following grooming, attempting to cause or incite a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and two counts of making indecent images of children.
At Sheffield Crown Court on July 31, he was jailed for two years and eight months and received a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register.
BTP Detective Constable Lee Walker said: “Stephen Greaves poses a serious danger to children and has demonstrated a clear sexual interest in them.
“He spent weeks grooming who he believed was a teenage girl, sending vile and explicit messages before travelling to the station with Viagra for what he thought would be a sexual encounter.
“Our investigation uncovered the full extent of his offending. Through the forensic examination of thousands of gigabytes of data from his phone, we unearthed abhorrent child sexual abuse material.
“Thankfully Greaves is now behind bars and no longer able to prey on children.”
