Man Sentenced for Grooming and Sexual Activity with 15-Year-Old Girl

A 21-year-old man, Thomas Kasper, has been sentenced after being found guilty of grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. The incident occurred at Liverpool Lime Street station in May 2022, when officers observed Kasper and the girl kissing and hugging.

Kasper initially claimed that the relationship was not sexual and that he was only 20 years old. However, investigations revealed text messages of a sexual nature between the two, as well as CCTV footage that corroborated the officers' observations.

Kasper pleaded guilty to charges of meeting or arranging to meet a child following sexual grooming, sexual communication with a child, and non-penetrative sexual activity with a child.

At Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday, July 10, he was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for 18 months. He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for seven years and given a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Investigating officer Sergeant Stuart Maw said: "Despite Kasper's claims that the relationship was not in any way sexual, his actions on CCTV from the station clearly demonstrated otherwise, as did the text messages which he had sent to the girl. "Our immediate concern was safeguarding the child who Kasper had evidently groomed for sexual purposes and collecting evidence that would result in preventing others falling prey to him. "Now he has been issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order it is hoped Kasper will steer clear of contacting any underage girls in the future, not least for fear of imprisonment."