Man jailed for sending explicit videos to 'children'
Hemmington used the online messaging platform - Kik, to connect with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl
A 37-year-old Higham Ferrers man has been jailed after he admitted to six child sex offences.
In late 2022 to early 2023, Luke Anthony Hemmington used the online messaging platform - Kik, to connect with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, sending her several pornographic videos during the course of their interactions.
Then in January 2025, Hemmington used the same online platform to engage with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
He also sent this person a number of pornographic videos as well as speaking graphically about his previous sexual experiences and how he wanted to engage in sexual activity with her.
What Hemmington didn’t know however, was that both of these “girls” were actually police officers.
He was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and three counts of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act.
After pleading guilty to the offences at Northampton Crown Court in August, Hemmington returned to the same court yesterday (October 23) where he was sentenced to three years and one month in prison.
PC Holly Morgan-Humphrey from the Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT) said: “I am really pleased to see Luke Hemmington sent to prison and I would like to thank DC Abi Jones who worked on this investigation alongside myself. Together we have put a very predatory individual behind bars.
“In the POLIT, we are very passionate about protecting and safeguarding our children in this county and as you can see from this case, we use proactive methods to bring offenders to justice.”