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Sexual grooming arrests (FOI)

Sexual grooming arrests (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 19 September 2019.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

A

1. How many people have the police arrested and charged for sexual offences as a result of a police officer posing as a child online to entrap them?

2. Can I get the figures for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and so far in 2019?

3. Of those who were arrested and charged, how many cases led to them being convicted, either after trial or pleading guilty?

B

1. How many people have been arrested and charged for sexual offences as a result of someone posing online as a child to entrap them?

2. Can I get the figures for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and so far in 2019?

3. Of those who were arrested and charged, how many cases led to them being convicted, either after trial or pleading guilty?

Response

​20152016​2017​2018​​2019
​Q. A1 and 2​00​0​0​0​
​Q. A3​000​0​0​
​Q. B1 and 2​0Information already available at the following link: Sexual grooming (FOI) 
​1
​Q B2​0​14​9​1​

Figures provided by the States of Jersey Police and correct as of 17 September 2019.

Article Applied

Article 23 Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information

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