Wiltshire man jailed after admitting multiple child sex offences
Christopher Saunders-Pope, 36, was caught after an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU)
Last updated 28th May 2026
A man from Wiltshire has been jailed after admitting multiple child sex offences.
Christopher Saunders-Pope, 36, of Randalls Croft Road in Wilton was sentenced to three years and four months in prison at Swindon Crown Court today (28 May).
Saunders-Pope was arrested in March 2024 after an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) found he had been communicating online with who he thought was a teenage boy.
He travelled within the county intending to meet the child to sexually abuse but instead was met by officers from the Unit.
In April this year he pleaded guilty to the following offences:
- Attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child
- Arranging / facilitating commission of offence of sexual activity with a child
- Making indecent photograph / pseudo photograph of a child (three counts)
- Distributing an indecent photograph / pseudo photograph of a child
- Possessing extreme pornographic image
- Possessing a class A drug (cocaine)
Detective Inspector David Wells from SWROCU said: “When we arrested Saunders-Pope, he had travelled that day having made plans to abuse a young boy. Instead, he was taken into custody and prevented from causing the harm he intended.
“Law enforcement agencies are constantly across the internet working to identify anyone looking to abuse or exploit children. Saunders-Pope's arrest was part of this ongoing work.”
Saunders-Pope was also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.