August 2020

Man jailed after sending sexually explicit messages to girl

A man has been jailed after sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl.

Abdul Sekkoum, of Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, was served a Child Abduction Warning Notice (CAWN) in 2018 after police officers became concerned about his associations with the victim, who was then aged 13, in the Hertford area.

A CAWN is a tool used by the Police and Social Care to protect a child from an adult that may place them at risk.

The conditions of the CAWN prohibited Sekkoum, 21, from communicating with the victim, either directly or indirectly, or allowing her to be in his company – either at his home, another location or in his car – before she reached the age of 16.

In March 2020, Sekkoum was released from prison on licence after serving time for unrelated drug offences and in May this year, sexually explicit messages sent by him were found on the victim’s – who was at the time 15 – phone.

Some of the messages referred to sexual activity that had occurred between them.

Sekkoum pleaded guilty to one count of sexual communication with a child, and one count of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15.

Luton Crown Court sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment.