West Midlands man who facilitated the rape of child under 13 caged
Hough was also in breach of an SHPO served to him in 2020 because he had failed to register a mobile phone with police.
A West Midlands man who facilitated the rape of a child under 13 has been jailed.
David Hough, 40, of Regency Road, Malvern, was found guilty of three counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, one count of making indecent photographs of children, and one count of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
The offences relate to two crimes in Yorkshire in July this year whereby Hough the facilitation of a child sex offence referred to two offences where he arranged for another person to rape and sexually assault a child under the age of 13 and one offence where he had arranged to rape a child under the age of 13 himself.
Hough was also in breach of an SHPO served to him in 2020 because he had failed to register a mobile phone with police.
Appearing at Worcester Crown Court for sentencing on Monday (November 2), Hough was sentenced 14 years in prison for each of the arranging/facilitating offences to run concurrently with each other, plus an extension period of six years on licence added to it by the judge.
He was further given an indefinite SHPO and told to register as a sex offender indefinitely.
Detective Constable Joanne Bowen-Jones, from West Mercia’s Public Protection Unit, said: “We are pleased to put this paedophile behind bars for a long time which will protect other potential victims from his depraved behaviour.
“Hough arranged for the rape of a child under 13 and was arranging similar for himself before he was caught by police, using a phone he was not permitted to have.
“We hope this result shows predators like him cannot get away with criminal sexual activity like this and it will warn others the police will come for you, and you too could be sent to prison.”