Rotherham man sentenced over “shocking" sexual communication with girl, 14
He must remain on the sex offenders register for five years
A Rotherham man spiralled into a “shocking vortex of sexual communication” with an underage girl who was just 14-years-old when it began.
Ethan Parton was known to the girl, and when they first began exchanging messages online, the pair initially discussed a shared interest.
But Parton, of Herringthorpe Valley Road, Broom, then began discussing relationships and sex with the complainant.
“The whole level of communication spiralled into a rather shocking vortex of sexual communication, and you started to reveal what you wanted to do to the girl in sexual terms,” the Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC said.
Parton described sexual acts in graphic detail, and encouraged similar conversation from the girl.
Prosecutor Richard Sheldon said the girl, who is entitled to lifelong anonymity, mentioned some of the conversations to her mum.
“She said he was being a bit creepy, and was giving her the ick,” Mr Sheldon said, adding that Parton was not reported to the police at that stage.
Parton pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child.
The court heard how Parton was aged between 23 and 24 at the time of the offences, whilst the complainant was aged between 14 and 15.
Handing Parton, now 25, an 18-month community order, Judge Richardson said: “You now have this conviction on your record, it is a nasty stain…never do anything like this again.”
The judge said he recognised that Parton was, in all other respects a “thoroughly decent” individual.
Parton he must remain on the sex offenders register for five years, and was made the subject of a three-year sexual harm prevention order.