{"id":830503,"date":"2026-03-16T22:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/830503\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:55:19","slug":"wolverhampton-man-who-attempted-to-meet-12-year-old-girls-for-sex-is-behind-bars-and-no-longer-a-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/830503\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolverhampton man who attempted to meet 12-year-old girls for sex is behind bars and &#8216;no longer a threat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Kainth believed he was speaking to schoolgirls online &#8211; but it was actually an undercover police officer<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aaron Kainth\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_KA_BEM160326_KAINTH.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Aaron Kainth\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Aaron Kainth<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man who attempted to meet 12-year-olds for sex is &#8216;no longer a threat to young girls&#8217; after being put behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Aaron Kainth believed he was speaking to schoolgirls online &#8211; but it was actually an undercover police officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 24-year-old has now been jailed for seven years and two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/inside-filthy-wednesbury-flat-dogs-33599746\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Inside filthy Wednesbury flat where dogs and cat abandoned with &#8216;no food or water&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said Kainth had exchanged numerous messages with &#8216;young girls&#8217; in April last year, and attempted to meet them for sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, he was stopped in his tracks by the force, who had specialist support from the West Midlands Regional Organised Crime Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kainth pleaded guilty to one count of arranging or facilitating commission of a child sex offence when he appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday, March 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He also admitted one count of attempting to cause a female child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause a child a under 13 to look at an image of sexual activity and two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In addition to his jail term, Kainth, of Rooker Crescent, Wolverhampton, was placed on the sex offenders register for life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Following the hearing, Detective Inspector Chris Brown, said: \u201cKainth displayed predatory behaviour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He wanted to meet up and have sex with a child of 12 and thought the person he was talking to online was of that age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Instead he was talking to one of our undercover officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe are pleased that we were able to stop Kainth from attempting to talk to children online and now he is behind bars is no longer a threat to young girls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Kainth believed he was speaking to schoolgirls online &#8211; 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