38-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER JAILED FOR 12 YEARS AFTER PLOTTING ONLINE TO R@PE TWO GIRLS, AGE 7 AND 10 MONTHS OLD BABY
A 38-year-old Household Cavalry soldier, Graham Jarvis, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after plotting to s+xually ab¥se two children, aged seven and 10 months.
Jarvis struck an agreement with a woman he met online to ab¥se her children and planned to travel from his barracks in central London to her home in Wales. However, the woman was actually an undercover police officer posing as their mother, leading to his arrest.
He was convicted at Southwark Crown Court on two counts of attempting to arrange the commission of a s+x offence. Jarvis, who lived in barracks in Hyde Park, denied the charges but was found guilty at trial and subsequently dismissed from the Army.
Judge Adam Hiddleston said it was “not a case of fantasy”, stressing that Jarvis was serious about r@ping the children. He said Jarvis believed the children were real and intended to meet and r@pe them with the assistance of the woman he believed was their mother.
The court heard Jarvis began communicating with the woman in January 2024 and told her he was “into girls”. He began arranging to visit her home in February but was arrested that month.
During their conversations, Jarvis asked about the seven-year-old’s s+xual experiences and was told she had previously been ab¥sed by two men. He also asked the woman to assist him in carrying out the planned offence against the younger child.
His lawyer, Lisa Wilson, said Jarvis was “at a low ebb” during a “traumatic period” when he committed the offences.
The judge warned that Jarvis may remain a risk to children and ordered him to serve at least eight years in prison, followed by two years on licence.
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