Cardiff Paedophile Jailed for Abusing Teenage Girl

A Cardiff paedophile who sexually abused a teenage girl and pressured her into performing oral sex on him has been jailed for six years and nine months. 🏛️

Clayton Kennedy, 30, of Channel View Road, Grangetown, “lured” his victim by promising to buy her something from a shop before exposing himself to her and masturbating until he ejaculated.

The abuse escalated when Kennedy repeatedly asked the victim to perform oral sex on him, both verbally and through messages. He tried to take her hand and place it on his penis, but she pulled away.

Kennedy attempted to bribe his victim by offering to buy her a new mobile phone and giving her money. He also sent sexually explicit messages and “lurid images” of himself.

Cardiff Crown Court heard on Thursday, June 5, how the abuse left the victim feeling “anxious” and caused her to stop attending school and seeing friends.

In her victim personal statement, she said: “I am the victim of sexual abuse… The incident went on for a long period of my life and I was very anxious after it about doing lots of normal things. It made me stop going to school and I stopped seeing friends I have lost since. I can’t let what happened control me and I am working through it though it still affects me… I felt I have relived the incident… I am nervous about my future and I don’t know what will happen after this. I have counselling and put on antidepressants. I am working through my options but most of all I am just glad it’s over.”

Kennedy denied three counts of inciting sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, and engaging in sexual communication with a child, but was found guilty by a jury following a trial.

Defence barrister Emily Lauchlan described Kennedy as a “family man” who had always been employed and supported his mother who is in ill health. He had spent 75 days on remand and had been working in prison producing fire alarms.

Sentencing, Recorder Dyfed Thomas said: “You satisfied your depraved and disgusting sexual urges in an unhealthy attraction of a teenage girl in a certain narcissistic and self absorbed way… You should be thoroughly ashamed of your behaviour Mr Kennedy, but you are not and you have shown no remorse whatsoever.”

Kennedy was also made subject to a restraining order for 10 years and sex offender notification requirements indefinitely. ⚖️